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Brewood

Brewood is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 2,614. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Codsall, 5.9 km away. There were around 13 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Brewood area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Staffordshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 110,471 residents at roughly 271 people per km².

Council
South Staffordshire
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
South Staffordshire
Police force
Staffordshire
70/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 18th of 294 English council areas — better than 94% of them.

Low crime91
Home affordability65
Affordable rents79
Good schools40
Life expectancy62
Low deprivation75
Employment69
Low council tax78

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

7°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 53% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:33

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

13 reported · August 2026▼ 19% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Burglary1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Wheaton Aston & Rural · Staffordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Continuing issues of anti-social behaviour (ASB), specifically fly tipping and groups of youths.
  • Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour, in particular, neighbour disputes, is a priority for our local officers.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

27 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 23 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Codsall (5.9 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Codsall (5.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£308,695 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across South Staffordshire · to 2026-08

Detached£449,768
Semi-detached£277,565
Terraced£238,146
Flat£147,270

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (9.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Asda (9.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Spread Eagle (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

110,471 residents in South Staffordshire · 271/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,314 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,542
B £1,800
C £2,057
D £2,314
E £2,828
F £3,342
G £3,856
H £4,627

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Cheslyn Hay AcademyGood
  • Codsall Community High SchoolGood
  • Great Wyrley AcademyGood
  • Kinver High School and Sixth FormGood
  • Wombourne High SchoolGood
  • The Rural Enterprise AcademyInadequate
  • Wolgarston High School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Brewood Conservation Area Management Plan)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 78 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

145 applications decided

80.7% granted · 117 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Gavin Williamson

Conservative

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Care Assistant, General Assistant, Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in General Practice

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Wind 35% · Nuclear 19% · Imports 4%

160 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in ST19

  • Brewood Medical Practice
  • Penkridge Medical Practice
  • Brewood Pharmacy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Brewood · 0.0 km

    Brewood is an ancient market town in the civil parish of Brewood and Coven, in the South Staffordshire district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Brewood lies near the River Penk, 8 miles (13 km) north of Wolv…

  • Speedwell Castle · 0.1 km

    Speedwell Castle is a mid-18th-century house at the centre of Brewood, in Staffordshire, England. Nikolaus Pevsner described it as a "peach" and a "delectable folly", and it stands beside the village market place, at…

  • St Mary and St Chad's Church, Brewood · 0.2 km

    St Mary and St Chad's Church is an Anglican parish church, situated in Brewood, Staffordshire. It has been a grade I listed building since 1962.

  • St Dominic's Grammar School · 0.3 km

    St Dominic's Grammar School is a private day school for girls and boys aged 2 to 18 in the village of Brewood, Staffordshire, England. The school is centred on a large Victorian brick building in rural Staffordshire,…

  • Brewood Grammar School · 0.3 km

    Brewood Grammar School was a boys' school in the village of Brewood in South Staffordshire, England.

  • Belvide Reservoir · 1.7 km

    Belvide Reservoir is a reservoir in South Staffordshire, England. It was built in 1833 to supply the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, and has been managed as a nature reserve since 1977. It has been used to st…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Brewood?
Brewood is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the South Staffordshire local authority.
What is the population of Brewood?
Brewood has an approximate settlement population of 2,614.
How deprived is Brewood?
The South Staffordshire local authority, which includes Brewood, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.