Birmingham

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• Today: 24° / 16° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:27

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

685 reported · July 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences235
• Shoplifting117
• Public order68
• Other theft46

105 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Nechells · West Midlands

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

2,296 reported road collisions (2024)

482 killed or seriously injured · 3,055 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 320 rated 4–5 ★ (241 top)
• 48 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

£234,150 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Birmingham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,093 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £825
• 2 bed £997
• 3 bed £1,127

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

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

60 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)

• Discover the city’s rare treasures and unusual spaces during Birmingham Heritage Week· 11 Sept 2026
• Improving the condition of Birmingham's highways for the benefit of communities· 11 Sept 2026
• Birmingham City Council calls on Government to provide targeted support for Jaguar Land Rover· 8 Sept 2026
• Birmingham comes together to break the silence around suicide during World Suicide Prevention Day 2026· 8 Sept 2026
• Public consultation reopens on plans to bring up to 3,500 new homes to Druids Heath· 8 Sept 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 6 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

41% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

512 schools · 207,780 pupils

289 primary · 83 secondary · 140 other

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

437inspected 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 homes282
• GP practices239
• Dentists230
• Homecare agencies321
• Hospitals & hospices49

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 11 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Birmingham

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

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

738 applications decided

83.2% granted · 614 granted, 124 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Shabana Mahmood

Labour

Birmingham Ladywood

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 15
• Con 16
• LD 12
• Grn 18
• Ref 22
• Oth 18

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

• Schools19
• GPs & clinics11
• Pharmacies11
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens52
• Restaurants & cafés137

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

44,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13,222 jobs advertised · £43,091 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, Roadside Vehicle Mechanic, Mobile Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£708 median full-time weekly pay

10% 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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 36% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 23% · Imports 6%

147 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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 436 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership353 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s337 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Sever UK-Iran ties, withdraw recognition of Iran’s regime & expel all diplomats278 local signatures · 26,542 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office151 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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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