Bishopton
Suburb · 59 residents
63Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 51 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Environment scores 37, below the typical 60
- Health scores 38, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Bishopton
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Bishopton a good place to live?
Bishopton scores 63/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (74).
It scores lowest on environment (37) and health (38).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Bishopton in West Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Bishopton
Detached houses on decent plots, hedges rather than fences, the odd horsebox tucked down a driveway — Bishopton has the settled, well-kept look of a village that got absorbed by Stratford-upon-Avon's postcode without losing its own rhythm. It's small, quiet, and doesn't try to be anything else.
The numbers back up what you'd sense walking round: this is a place people buy into and stay. A median age of 42.5, a population barely topping 400, and a density far below the national average all point to a settled, low-turnover community rather than a transient one. Property here is overwhelmingly detached and freehold — of the recent sales sampled, detached homes dominate and freehold outnumbers leasehold by roughly nine to one, which is the classic signature of a village where houses get passed on rather than flipped. It shows in the price too: a median around £380,000 sits comfortably above both the Stratford-on-Avon district figure and the national picture, and detached homes here are fetching well above the national detached average. Schools-wise, the area's overall education grade is strong, though the one sample school given, Temple Grafton CofE Primary, doesn't carry a published Ofsted rating in this data — worth checking directly rather than assuming. For getting about, Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway gives a rail option without a station actually sitting in the village itself, so this suits someone happy to drive or cycle to the train rather than step out of their door onto the platform.