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Craigends

Craigends is a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Local facilities include 1 supermarket and 4 restaurants & cafés. There are 16 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Johnstone, 3.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Craigends area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Renfrewshire area is more deprived than the average in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Renfrewshire
County
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

4°CClear

  • Today: 10° / 2° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 3° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:26Sunset 16:36

9h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Renfrewshire Johnston, United Kingdom

Road safety

126 reported road collisions (2025)

63 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 6.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

213 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 185 passed
  • 2 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Johnstone (3.5 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Johnstone (3.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£157,738 average▼ 5.2% YoY

Across Renfrewshire · to 2026-08

Detached£351,645
Semi-detached£218,457
Terraced£162,311
Flat£101,318

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 170.9p · ESSO (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (11.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

41 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Blackwood Avenue, Linwood (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

189,270 residents in Renfrewshire

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in Scotland

15% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 25% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Martin McCluskey

Labour

Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP (minority)

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£797 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,200 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 56% · Wind 44%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Crosslee · 0.4 km

    Crosslee is a small village lying on the bank of the River Gryffe in the civil parish of Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, in Scotland. It lies around half a mile south of the old village centre of Houston and imme…

  • Craigends Yew · 0.5 km

    The Craigends Yew (NS4199566134) is an ancient European layering yew growing next to the River Gryffe in what were the grounds of the Craigends Estate, Houston in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Estimates put its age at aroun…

  • Craigends · 0.6 km

    Craigends is a residential area in the civil parish of Houston and Killellan in Renfrewshire, Scotland lying south of the River Gryffe and on the banks of the River Locher. Craigends is on the south-eastern edge of th…

  • Houston House, Renfrewshire · 1.3 km

    Houston House is an 18th-century mansion, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north and east of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland, north of the village of Houston.

  • Houston, Renfrewshire · 1.4 km

    Houston is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

  • Gryffe High School · 1.4 km

    Gryffe High School is a comprehensive state secondary school in Houston, Renfrewshire. Founded in 1980 and subsequently expanded, the school had a roll of 943 pupils in November 2019.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Craigends?
Craigends is a town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, in the Renfrewshire local authority.
How deprived is Craigends?
The Renfrewshire local authority, which includes Craigends, is more deprived than the average in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.