Photo: Alan Marriott · CC BY 2.5Life expectancy in Redditch is 78.6 for men and 82.1 for women
For 2019 to 2023, England’s figures are 79.1 and 83.0. Inside the town, men’s life expectancy runs from 75.7 in Greenlands to 82.4 in Riverside & Church Hill North, 2.1 miles apart. Redditch grades C− for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age.
What stands out about health in Redditch
A 7-year gap from one part of Redditch to another
Men in Riverside & Church Hill North can expect to live to 82.4, longer than the English average of 79.1. In Greenlands, 2.1 miles away, the figure is 75.7, and Batchley & Brockhill records 145 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected for its ages. For women the range is 78.4 in Greenlands to 84.6 in Arrow Valley & Ipsley. Neighbourhoods ↓
A&E waits run longer than England’s
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the A&E at Alexandra Hospital, saw 53% of major-A&E patients within four hours in the 12 months to September 2026, against 61% across England: 88th of 117 trusts. 32% of patients admitted through its A&Es waited more than 12 hours from the decision to admit, against 13% in England. A&E ↓
More of Redditch’s children are obese
23% of Year 6 children (aged 10 to 11) were measured as obese over the last three school years, against 22.3% across England; more than in 79% of UK towns. Health Grade ↓
Written from the OHID, NHS England and GP Patient Survey figures on this page. Life expectancy covers 2019 to 2023; neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people.
Redditch grades C− for health
Healthier than 22% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
Behind the typical UK town on every measure. Even its strongest, disability and Census bad health, are in the bottom 40% of UK towns; deaths under 75 and emergency admissions are furthest behind. Among the 94 UK towns of 57,000 to 110,000 people, Redditch’s Health Grade is the 38th highest.
Each measure is ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, the ranks are averaged, and the average is ranked again. Every measure allows for the town’s ages: life expectancy is worked out from the death rate at each age, so it doesn’t depend on how old the town’s residents are; deaths and admissions are counted against what England’s rates would give a town with these ages, and the Census answers against England and Wales’s rates by single year of age, so a seaside town of retired people isn’t marked down for being old.
Men’s life expectancy across Redditch runs from 75.7 to 82.4
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Redditch’s 12 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
The gap follows deprivation closely: Redditch Town & Abbeydale, where 40% of residents are income-deprived, has men’s life expectancy of 76.7. Batchley & Brockhill has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (145 per 100 expected), against 89 in Riverside & Church Hill North.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside & Church Hill North | 82.4 | 83.2 | 89 | 88 | 17% | 13% |
| Arrow Valley & Ipsley | 81.1 | 84.6 | 93 | 103 | 26% | 15% |
| Crabbs Cross | 81.1 | 83.0 | 84 | 98 | 11% | 9.9% |
| Oakenshaw | 79.7 | 83.6 | 95 | 111 | 24% | 22% |
| Matchborough & Park Farm | 78.9 | 84.2 | 100 | 106 | 23% | 19% |
| Southcrest | 78.8 | 82.0 | 117 | 98 | 23% | 25% |
| Webheath | 78.1 | 83.0 | 95 | 91 | 19% | 11% |
| Winyates Green | 77.9 | 83.1 | 129 | 126 | 26% | 28% |
| Redditch Town & Abbeydale | 76.7 | 79.6 | 136 | 119 | 33% | 40% |
| Church Hill South | 76.5 | 81.6 | 128 | 125 | 28% | 38% |
| Batchley & Brockhill | 75.9 | 78.7 | 145 | 126 | 26% | 30% |
| Greenlands | 75.7 | 78.4 | 143 | 120 | 25% | 37% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Greenlands’s men’s life expectancy is 75.7 with a 95% range of 73.4 to 78.0. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Redditch; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals saw 53% of major-A&E patients within four hours
Type 1 (major) A&E attendances seen, admitted or discharged within four hours of arrival, by month. NHS England publishes it by trust, not hospital: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust runs the A&E at Alexandra Hospital, the nearest to Redditch (1.5 mi).
The share seen within four hours rose from an average of 49% in April 2025 to September 2025 to 55% in the latest six months; England’s was 62%. Long waits for a bed are commoner than at 89% of trusts: 12,341 patients in 12 months, 32% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for Alexandra Hospital: urgent and emergency services requires improvement (2023), the hospital overall requires improvement (2025).
Midlands trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 mi | Alexandra Hospital A&E Redditch · Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Requires improvement2023 |
| 6.2 mi | Princess of Wales Community Hospital Bromsgrove · Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust | Not rated | — |
| 8.4 mi | The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham · The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Good2026 | — |
| 10 mi | Solihull Hospital Solihull · University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 11 mi | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham A&E Birmingham · University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Requires improvement2025 |
| 11 mi | Birmingham Women's Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | Good2023 | — |
| 12 mi | Stratford Hospital Stratford Upon Avon · South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 13 mi | Birmingham Children's Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | Good2026 | — |
NHS acute hospitals registered with the Care Quality Commission (care directory, 01 October 2026). “A&E” marks a major (type 1) emergency department, open 24 hours and led by consultants, in NHS England’s Emergency Care Data Set; a hospital without the mark may still have a minor injury unit or urgent treatment centre. Ratings run Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate; the year is when each was published. Distances are straight lines from the town centre.
Men’s life expectancy in Redditch is about what its level of deprivation predicts
Across 1,996 English towns of 2,500 or more, men’s life expectancy tracks income deprivation closely (correlation −0.81). Each dot is a town.
24% of Redditch’s residents are income-deprived, more than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 78.7 years for men; Redditch’s is 78.6. For women it predicts 82.7, and Redditch’s 82.1 is 0.6 years below.
Income deprivation: share of residents in low-income households, English Indices of Deprivation 2025, averaged over each town’s neighbourhoods. A town above or below the line isn’t necessarily doing better or worse on care: students, prisons and hostels inside a boundary all shift the figures.
Care in and near Redditch
The nearest A&E, the practice patients rate highest, and where to go when it’s urgent but not an emergency. In an emergency, call 999.
77% of patients rate Redditch’s 8 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England. 33rd of 87 English towns of 57,000 to 110,000, from the highest.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillview Medical Centre B97 4RN · 9,039 adult patients | 93% good · range 83%–97% | 93% | 81% | Good2018 |
| Elgar House B97 4AB · 11,841 adult patients | 89% good · range 70%–97% | 57% | 79% | Good2020 |
| Crabbs Cross Surgery B97 5JX · 4,265 adult patients | 78% good · range 71%–84% | 59% | 81% | Good2024 |
| The Medical Centre Crabbs Cross B97 5JX · 2,733 adult patients | 75% good · range 72%–79% | 70% | 75% | Not rated |
| The Dow Surgery B97 4AJ · 9,742 adult patients | 74% good · range 63%–82% | 58% | 64% | Good2019 |
| Winyates Health Centre B98 0NR · 13,955 adult patients | 73% good · range 52%–87% | 42% | 67% | Good2018 |
| St Stephens Surgery B97 4AL · 14,122 adult patients | 68% good · range 48%–83% | 48% | 57% | Good2025 |
| The Bridge Surgery B97 4LA · 4,575 adult patients | 64% good · range 57%–71% | 54% | 71% | Good2026 |
Hillview Medical Centre has the town’s highest rating (93%). You can register with any practice whose area covers your address.
GP Patient Survey 2026: surveys sent January to March 2026; results weighted by NHS England. The range is the 95% confidence interval. Adult patients: the survey’s practice population aged 16 and over. A practice counts as in Redditch when its main surgery is inside the built-up area; branch surgeries are part of their main practice. CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
83% of adults in the Herefordshire and Worcestershire area who tried got an NHS dental appointment
Adults who tried to get an NHS dental appointment for themselves in the last two years, and got one. GP Patient Survey 2026, by integrated care system (the NHS area that plans dentistry for Redditch).
Across England 82% of those who tried got an appointment. Of Herefordshire and Worcestershire patients who did, 75% rated the experience good (England 74%). NHS practices taking new patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist; for urgent dental pain, call NHS 111.
The survey asks GP patients about dentistry, so results are published for health areas, not towns or practices.
81% of residents say their health is good or very good
Census 2021, all residents, as answered (not adjusted for age).
Redditch’s residents are younger than Worcestershire’s (18% are 65 or over, against 22%), which accounts for much of the difference. Adjusted for age, 104 report bad health for every 100 expected, close to the national rate.
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| Census 2021 | Redditch | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 82% | 82% |
| Fair health | 13% | 13% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.3% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 7.5% | 7.3% | 7.4% |
Worcestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Redditch’s Health Grade is 38th of 94 UK towns of 57,000 to 110,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Redditch, and others in Worcestershire. Life expectancy for men / women; deaths under 75 per 100 expected.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Deaths under 75 | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Albans Hertfordshire | 75,544 | 80.7 / 84.6 | 79 | A− |
| 2 | Maidenhead Berkshire | 67,391 | 81.2 / 85.5 | 77 | B+ |
| 3 | Guildford Surrey | 77,870 | 81.4 / 85.5 | 78 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Worcester Worcestershire | 105,439 | 78.8 / 83.2 | 101 | C |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Kidderminster Worcestershire | 57,567 | 77.7 / 81.8 | 115 | C− |
| 36 | Harlow Essex | 93,570 | 78.7 / 82.4 | 104 | C− |
| 37 | Gravesend Kent | 58,105 | 77.9 / 82.9 | 117 | C− |
| 38 | Redditch Worcestershire | 81,634 | 78.6 / 82.1 | 112 | C− |
| 39 | Rochester Kent | 67,279 | 78.6 / 81.7 | 114 | C− |
| 40 | Tamworth Staffordshire | 76,074 | 78.5 / 82.6 | 103 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 94 | Birkenhead Merseyside | 109,854 | 75.4 / 80.0 | 158 | D− |
Health letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only. Welsh towns are graded on life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and the two Census measures: OHID’s early-death, admissions and child-obesity figures cover England.
Health in the places around Redditch
Life expectancy for men / women, and the nearest A&E. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | People | Life expectancy | Nearest A&E | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redditch | 81,634 | 78.6 / 82.1 | 1.5 mi | C− |
| Studley | 6,039 | 78.9 / 84.7 | 0.9 mi | C+ |
| Astwood Bank | 3,248 | 82.6 / 87.8 | 1.8 mi | A |
| Alvechurch | 3,412 | 80.9 / 85.9 | 5.5 mi | A− |
| Blackwell | 1,209 | 81.5 / 85.0 | 6.4 mi | A |
| Barnt Green | 3,821 | 82.7 / 85.3 | 6.6 mi | A |
| Wythall | 2,077 | 79.1 / 81.6 | 6 mi | B |
| Bromsgrove | 34,759 | 79.8 / 83.3 | 7.1 mi | C+ |
Barnt Green, 5.1 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 82.7, 4.1 years longer than Redditch’s.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A&E figures are for the trust. NHS England publishes four-hour waits by trust, not hospital, so Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust’s figures cover every major A&E it runs. They count type 1 (major) departments; minor injury units and urgent treatment centres are left out, which is why they sit below the all-types figure NHS England headlines (75% for England).
- The GP survey is a survey. About 100 patients answer for each practice, so a practice’s figure has a range (shown in the table); small differences between practices aren’t meaningful. The town figure weights each practice by its adult patients, some of whom live outside Redditch.
- Adjusted for age. A ratio of 100 means as many deaths, admissions or reports of bad health as England’s rates (England and Wales’s for the Census) would give a town with these ages; 120 means a fifth more.
- Small areas, summed to the town. OHID publishes these figures for middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people; the town’s figure averages the areas it covers, weighted by how many of their residents live in it, so a village shares its area’s figure with the countryside around it.
- Different years. Life expectancy and deaths cover 2019 to 2023; emergency admissions 2016/17 to 2020/21 (the latest OHID publishes for small areas, including the pandemic dip); child obesity the three school years to 2024/25; A&E the 12 months to September 2026; the GP Patient Survey early 2026; CQC ratings were published on different dates, shown in each row.
- Distances are straight lines. Miles are measured from the town’s centre to each site; the road is longer. For an emergency, call 999; for urgent advice, call NHS 111.
Questions about health in Redditch
How healthy is Redditch?
Redditch earns a C− for health, healthier than 22% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 38th of 94 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 78.6 for men and 82.1 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 112 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
Which parts of Redditch have the highest life expectancy?
For men, Riverside & Church Hill North (82.4), Arrow Valley & Ipsley (81.1) and Crabbs Cross (81.1); the shortest is Greenlands (75.7). For women, Arrow Valley & Ipsley is highest (84.6) and Greenlands lowest (78.4). OHID figures for 2019 to 2023, by neighbourhood of about 8,000 people.
How long are A&E waits at Alexandra Hospital?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 53% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 53%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Redditch?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 83% of adults in the Herefordshire and Worcestershire area who tried to get an NHS dental appointment in the last two years got one, against 82% across England. Practices taking new NHS patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist service.
Which GP practice in Redditch do patients rate highest?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, Hillview Medical Centre (93% good overall), Elgar House (89% good overall) and Crabbs Cross Surgery (78% good overall). Across all 8 Redditch practices, 77% of patients rate their practice good, against 77% in England.
What is the life expectancy in Redditch?
78.6 years for men and 82.1 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 64.0 of those years and women 64.6 in good health.
CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Sources: OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (life expectancy and deaths 2019–23, emergency admissions 2016/17–2020/21, NCMP 2022/23–2024/25); House of Commons Library MSOA names · ONS health state life expectancy for small areas (MSOAs), England and Wales, 2019 to 2023 (healthy life expectancy) · ONS Census 2021 general health and disability, adjusted for age · Care Quality Commission care directory and latest ratings, 01 October 2026 · NHS Organisation Data Service · GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos) · NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions (monthly, by trust) and Emergency Care Data Set activity by site, June–September 2026 (type 1 A&Es) · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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