Birmingham

8°CClear

• Today: 11° / 6° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:30

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

641 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences244
• Shoplifting93
• Criminal damage & arson54
• Other theft45

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Nechells · West Midlands

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

2,307 reported road collisions (2025)

441 killed or seriously injured · 2,985 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 310 rated 4–5 ★ (236 top)
• 53 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Duddeston (0.3 km)
• 66 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£234,867 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Birmingham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,099 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £830
• 2 bed £1,003
• 3 bed £1,134

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (6.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

8,752 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

36 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

123 charging locations within ~8 km

• 37 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Saren Engineering Birmingham (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms7
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market opens tomorrow· 4 Nov 2026
• Working together to tackle child sexual exploitation· 4 Nov 2026
• Birmingham to host national Open Data Camp conference· 30 Oct 2026
• Cannon Street’s New Young Futures Hub opens in Birmingham city centre, putting young people at the heart of support, opportunity and connection· 29 Oct 2026
• New multi-use games area opens in Small Heath Park· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Birmingham Council

1,144,918 residents in Birmingham · 4,275/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK62,818
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK84,668
• Net moves−21,850

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 8 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

43% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,363 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (35% of 465,310)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

516 schools · 207,780 pupils

291 primary · 83 secondary · 142 other

Ofsted: 179 of 203 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

437 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Birmingham

1,225 CQC-registered services

• Care homes284
• GP practices239
• Dentists231
• Homecare agencies316
• Hospitals & hospices49

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Birmingham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 73 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

725 applications decided

82.3% granted · 597 granted, 128 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Shabana Mahmood

Labour

Birmingham Ladywood

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 14
• Con 16
• LD 12
• Grn 19
• Ref 22
• Oth 18

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

• Schools19
• GPs & clinics11
• Pharmacies11
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens59
• Restaurants & cafés137

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

45,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

10,991 jobs advertised · £44,783 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, West Midlands, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Work when you want!, Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required

Source: Adzuna

£708 median full-time weekly pay

10.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,205 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 576,359 certificates

19.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 21% · Imports 4%

190 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.5 yrs women · 77.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58 women · 58.3 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

9 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in B7

• The St.Clements Surgery
• Bloomsbury Surgery
• Nechells Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Birmingham Ladywood:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 455 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials145 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND109 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements99 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Review & amend immigration rules for Hongkongers with political convictions69 local signatures · 11,120 nationwide

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

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  Vauxhall Gardens (Birmingham) · 0.1 km

  Vauxhall Gardens, later Royal Vauxhall Gardens, was a pleasure garden in the Duddeston area of Aston, England. It operated from 1758 to 1850. Nothing remains of the gardens today.

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  Heartlands Academy · 0.1 km

  Heartlands Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in the Nechells area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.

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  Duddeston railway station · 0.3 km

  Duddeston railway station serves the Duddeston area of Birmingham, England. It is sited on the Cross-City Line between Bromsgrove and Redditch in the south and Four Oaks and Lichfield Trent Valley in the north and the…

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  St James the Less' Church, Ashted · 0.3 km

  St James the Less’ Church, Ashted was a former Church of England parish church in Ashted, Birmingham.

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  Birmingham Museum Collection Centre · 0.3 km

  The Museum Collection Centre (MCC) in Nechells, Birmingham, England, is a 1.5-hectare (3.7-acre) building that holds 80% of Birmingham Museums Trust's stored collections under one roof. It is one of the UK's largest m…

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  BOA Digital Technologies Academy · 0.3 km

  BOA Digital Technologies Academy is a secondary school in Nechells, Birmingham. It opened in September 2022 and the principal is Jonathan Morris. The school has Good/Requires improvement Ofsted ratings. It is part of…

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