Walsall

16°CMist

• Today: 22° / 15° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:30

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

437 reported · July 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences211
• Criminal damage & arson35
• Public order32
• Vehicle crime30

74 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Blakenall · West Midlands

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

339 reported road collisions (2024)

64 killed or seriously injured · 444 casualties · 11.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 322 rated 4–5 ★ (247 top)
• 42 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

£214,577 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Walsall · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£916 average monthly rent▲ 8.7% YoY

• 1 bed £648
• 2 bed £790
• 3 bed £945

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)

48 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 31 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

26% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

121inspected 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
• Dentists42
• Homecare agencies87
• 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)

144 applications decided

82.6% granted · 119 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Valerie Vaz

Labour

Walsall and Bloxwich

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• Ref 38
• Oth 11

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,461 jobs advertised · £38,208 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician - West Midlands, Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Technician

Source: Adzuna

£683 median full-time weekly pay

5.9% 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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Nuclear 27% · Biomass 11% · Gas 9%

49 gCO₂/kWh · low 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:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s373 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office294 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 288 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership215 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test180 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 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)