Walsall

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 5° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:38

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

66US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 8.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

462 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences201
• Criminal damage & arson39
• Shoplifting37
• Vehicle crime35

Neighbourhood team: Blakenall · West Midlands

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

407 reported road collisions (2025)

81 killed or seriously injured · 510 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 324 rated 4–5 ★ (246 top)
• 43 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Walsall (1.8 km)
• 65 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£216,878 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Walsall · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£924 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £653
• 2 bed £797
• 3 bed £953

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

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,487 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 (8.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Walsall (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches26
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

284,124 residents in Walsall · 2,733/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,533
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,813
• Net moves−1,280

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 38 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,627 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 118,680)

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

132 schools · 52,740 pupils

85 primary · 17 secondary · 30 other

Ofsted: 50 of 58 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Walsall

277 CQC-registered services

• Care homes72
• GP practices57
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies89
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Walsall

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

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

148 applications decided

79.7% granted · 118 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Valerie Vaz

Labour

Walsall and Bloxwich

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• Ref 37
• Oth 12

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

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés49

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,060 jobs advertised · £41,269 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician / MOT Tester, Physical Education and Outdoor Education Instructor, HGV Class 2 Night Driver

Source: Adzuna

£683 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,993 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 128,498 certificates

17.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 24% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4%

193 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 78.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55 women · 56.2 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

16 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in WS3

• Chapel Street Surgery
• Mossley & Dudley Fields Medical Practice
• Bloxwich Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Walsall and Bloxwich:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 295 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Fund routine screening for bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy.195 local signatures · 5,484 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND126 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth90 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules81 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

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

• Ryecroft, West Midlands · 0.2 km

  Ryecroft is a residential area of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. It is situated to the north of the town centre and is centred on the main A34 road in the direction of Stafford.

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  Coal Pool · 0.5 km

  Coalpool is an area and a housing estate in Walsall, West Midlands, England. Most of the homes in area were built by the local council during the 1930s, with a smaller development taking place in the late 1940s and 19…

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  North Walsall railway station · 0.6 km

  North Walsall railway station was a station built by the Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway in 1872, and was operated by the Midland Railway from 1876 onwards. It served the north Walsall areas of Birchills and Leamore…

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  Harden, Walsall · 0.9 km

  Harden is an area to the north of Walsall and borders with Bloxwich, Blakenall Heath, Coalpool, Goscote and Rushall. The whole area was part of the Industrial Revolution, with mining and metal processing being the mai…

• Mellish Road Methodist Chapel · 0.9 km

  Mellish Road Methodist Chapel was a grade II listed Methodist chapel in Mellish Road, Walsall, England, built in 1910.

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  Birchills railway station · 0.9 km

  Birchills railway station served the village of Birchills, West Midlands, England, from 1858 to 1916 on the Chase Line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)