Acton Trussell

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 5° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:31

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, 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

7 reported · August 2026▲ 250% YoY

• Drugs3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Penkridge & Huntington · 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)

39 food businesses within 2 miles

• 36 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Penkridge (4.4 km)
• 10 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: 153.9p · Esso (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: The Moat House, Acton Trussell (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 22 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

Sir Gavin Williamson

Conservative

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

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

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

• Schools1
• 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

62% low-carbon electricity

Wind 35% · Gas 33% · Nuclear 25% · Imports 5%

132 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

4 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in ST17

• Rising Brook
• Wolverhampton Road Surgery
• Weeping Cross Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills361 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND199 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth181 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK172 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases137 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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