Bromsgrove

18°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 16° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:27

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

17 reported · July 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Bromsgrove North and Rural · West Mercia

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

137 reported road collisions (2024)

35 killed or seriously injured · 186 casualties · 13.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

113 food businesses within 2 miles

• 86 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barnt Green (1.8 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£339,163 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Bromsgrove · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£985 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £713
• 2 bed £893
• 3 bed £1,084

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

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (9.2 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

44 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Barnt Green Parish (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• More Responses Sought· 4 Sept 2026
• Step Inside Local History with Heritage Open Days· 3 Sept 2026
• Striding Into September· 26 Aug 2026
• Help Shape Future Improvements to Skateparks· 26 Aug 2026
• Taking the Ache Out of Arthritis· 25 Aug 2026

Source: Bromsgrove Council

99,183 residents in Bromsgrove · 457/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 271 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,479 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 43,180)

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

43 schools · 18,149 pupils

25 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bromsgrove

579 CQC-registered services

• Care homes180
• GP practices90
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

• In a conservation area (Barnt Green)
• Within the Green Belt
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

115 applications decided

94.8% granted · 109 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 11
• LD 6
• Oth 8

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

446 jobs advertised · £38,181 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Quantity Surveyor

Source: Adzuna

£843 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,466 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,698 certificates

11.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bromsgrove:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office475 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership364 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s308 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test296 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership237 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

• Lickey Grange · 0.7 km

  Lickey Grange is a Victorian house and estate in the village of Marlbrook, Bromsgrove District, Worcestershire, near Birmingham, England. Car manufacturer Herbert Austin lived there for 31 years. It later became a re…

• Apes Dale · 1.0 km

  Apes Dale is a hamlet situated in the parish of Lickey and Blackwell, in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England.

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  Barnt Green · 1.4 km

  Barnt Green is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, situated 10 miles (16 km) south of Birmingham city centre, with a population at the 2021 census of 2,035.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Lickey · 1.4 km

  Holy Trinity Church, Lickey is a Church of England parish church in Lickey, Worcestershire.

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  Lickey · 1.5 km

  Lickey is a "linear development" in the north of Worcestershire, England approximately 10 miles (16 km) south west from the centre of Birmingham. It lies in Bromsgrove District and is situated on the Lickey Ridge, amo…

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  Marlbrook, Worcestershire · 1.5 km

  Marlbrook is a village in Worcestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)