Dudley

9°CCloudy

• Today: 10° / 7° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:33

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

295 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences91
• Shoplifting54
• Burglary24
• Criminal damage & arson21

Neighbourhood team: Brierley Hill and Wordsley · West Midlands

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

392 reported road collisions (2025)

73 killed or seriously injured · 502 casualties · 12.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 313 rated 4–5 ★ (214 top)
• 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Cradley Heath (2.4 km)
• 47 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,819 average▲ 3.4% YoY

Across Dudley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£858 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £611
• 2 bed £782
• 3 bed £942

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

6.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.8 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,436 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 (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

63 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Starbucks Pedmore Rd (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

323,488 residents in Dudley · 3,302/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,106
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,439
• Net moves+1,667

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 115 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,145 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (31% of 142,250)

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

119 schools · 47,675 pupils

78 primary · 19 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 45 of 55 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dudley

287 CQC-registered services

• Care homes92
• GP practices45
• Dentists61
• Homecare agencies66
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dudley

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

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

228 applications decided

87.3% granted · 199 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 27
• LD 4
• Ref 21
• Oth 4

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens169
• Restaurants & cafés96

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

535 jobs advertised · £42,978 avg

e.g. Amazon Now E-Bike Delivery Partner - Earn £13 - £15 per hour* (Dudley), Health & Social Care Tutor, HGV Technician / HGV Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£707 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,171 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 · 143,366 certificates

15.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83.1 yrs women · 79.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.9 women · 59.6 men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

15 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in DY5

• Aw Surgeries
• The Waterfront Surgery
• Quarry Bank Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stourbridge:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth165 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND165 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks140 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills138 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately120 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Black Country Radio · 0.3 km

  Black Country Radio is a local radio station based in the West Midlands region of England, owned and operated by Waterfront Media CIC. It operates under a community radio license and broadcasts to the Black Country an…

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  Round Oak Steelworks · 0.3 km

  The Round Oak Steelworks was a steel production plant in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England. It was founded in 1857 by Lord Ward, who later became, in 1860, The 1st Earl of Dudley, as an outlet for pig iron made in…

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  Pensnett Canal · 0.4 km

  The Pensnett Canal, also called Lord Ward's Canal, was a private 1.25 miles (2 km) long canal near Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England, which opened in 1840 and served the industrial enterprises of Lord Dudley's Est…

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  Woodside, Dudley · 0.7 km

  Woodside is a residential area of Dudley in the West Midlands of England.

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  Merry Hill Shopping Centre · 0.7 km

  Merry Hill is a large shopping complex in Brierley Hill near Dudley, England. It was developed between 1985 and 1990, with several subsequent expansion and renovation projects. The centre has more than 200 shops, a re…

• Round Oak railway station · 0.7 km

  Round Oak railway station served the town of Brierley Hill, in the West Midlands, England. It was a stop on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)