Brownhills

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 7° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:32

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

172 reported · August 2026▲ 39% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences67
• Shoplifting24
• Vehicle crime22
• Other theft17

Neighbourhood team: Aldridge · West Midlands

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

111 reported road collisions (2025)

29 killed or seriously injured · 157 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

284 food businesses within 2 miles

• 216 rated 4–5 ★ (159 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Brownhills West (3.5 km)
• 35 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£231,333 average▼ 1.3% YoY

Across Cannock Chase · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£867 average monthly rent▲ 7.2% YoY

• 1 bed £589
• 2 bed £781
• 3 bed £964

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

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,290 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (2.8 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 258 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Walsall Brownhills (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

100,519 residents in Cannock Chase · 1,274/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,288
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,787
• Net moves+501

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 132 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,376 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 46,090)

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

40 schools · 13,722 pupils

28 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 14 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cannock Chase

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

75 applications decided

88% granted · 66 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 7
• LD 1
• Grn 3
• Ref 13
• Oth 2

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

16 jobs advertised · £26,122 avg

e.g. Dispatch Operative, Car Delivery Driver, Skilled Food Production Operative - Perm Role

Source: Adzuna

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,857 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,620 certificates

14.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

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

78% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.2

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

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in WS9

• St John'S Medical Centre
• Streets Corner Surgery
• Portland Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aldridge-Brownhills:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules230 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth173 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND173 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Reform UK Bail Law: Require Passport Surrender for Serious Criminal Charges141 local signatures · 6,379 nationwide
• Fund routine screening for bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy.138 local signatures · 5,484 nationwide

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

• 
  Walsall Wood F.C. · 0.4 km

  Walsall Wood Football Club is an association football club based in Walsall Wood, near Walsall in the West Midlands, England. Nicknamed "the Wood", they are currently members of the Midland League Division Three and p…

• Walsall Wood railway station · 0.6 km

  Walsall Wood railway station was a station on the Midland Railway in England. It was opened in 1884, closed in March 1930 for passenger use.

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  Shire Oak, Walsall · 0.7 km

  Shire Oak is a suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall near Brownhills, in the county of West Midlands, England.

• Walsall Wood · 0.7 km

  Walsall Wood is a suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands county, England. It is midway between the towns of Aldridge and Brownhills, as well as Walsall and Lichfield.

• Shire Oak Academy · 0.9 km

  The Shire Oak Academy is a coeducational academy school in Walsall Wood, West Midlands, England.

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  Catshill Junction · 0.9 km

  Catshill Junction is a canal junction at the northern limit of the Daw End Branch Canal where it meets the Wyrley and Essington Canal main line, near Brownhills, in West Midlands, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)