South Staffordshire

6°CClear

• Today: 10° / 5° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

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

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

58 reported · August 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft5
• Public order5

Neighbourhood team: Codsall & Bilbrook · Staffordshire

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

204 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

195 food businesses within 2 miles

• 170 rated 4–5 ★ (152 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bilbrook (1.4 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£308,695 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across South Staffordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£958 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £665
• 2 bed £858
• 3 bed £1,019

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

7.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (8.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,400 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: 159.9p · Esso (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.9 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

46 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Booshtox Limited (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches19
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

110,471 residents in South Staffordshire · 271/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,660
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,622
• Net moves+1,038

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 222 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,314 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 49,350)

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

59 schools · 16,630 pupils

36 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 19 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Staffordshire

833 CQC-registered services

• Care homes274
• GP practices127
• Dentists179
• Homecare agencies170
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

• In a conservation area (Shropshire Union Canal Conservation Area Designation Document)
• Within the Green Belt
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

145 applications decided

80.7% granted · 117 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 29
• LD 4
• Grn 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£765 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,228 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 42,520 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.1
• Feeling worthwhile8.5
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kingswinford and South Staffordshire:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases186 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills174 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth168 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND154 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately133 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

• 
  Bilbrook, Staffordshire · 0.6 km

  Bilbrook is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It is situated close to the border of the West Midlands, just outside Wolverhampton. Bilbrook is classed as part of…

• Aldersley High School · 1.0 km

  Aldersley High School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Pendeford area of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England.

• Dovecotes, Wolverhampton · 1.2 km

  Dovecotes is a housing estate at Pendeford, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is situated NNW of the city centre and neighbours Pendeford Park which is adjacent to the border with Staffordshire, within the Oxl…

• Pendeford · 1.3 km

  Pendeford is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is situated north-north-west of the city centre, within the Oxley ward of the City of Wolverhampton Council. At th…

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  Bilbrook railway station · 1.4 km

  Bilbrook railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Bilbrook in Staffordshire, England. It was known as Birches and Bilbrook Halt when opened, being renamed to Bilbrook on 6 May 1974.

• Birches Bridge · 1.4 km

  Birches Bridge is an area of Codsall, Staffordshire. It is situated to the northwest of Wolverhampton between Bilbrook and Codsall.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)