Brownhills

20°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 11° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:32

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

170 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences62
• Shoplifting32
• Criminal damage & arson19
• Vehicle crime13

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Aldridge · West Midlands

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

114 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 149 casualties · 11.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

291 food businesses within 2 miles

• 217 rated 4–5 ★ (158 top)
• 14 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

£230,601 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Cannock Chase · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£859 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £584
• 2 bed £774
• 3 bed £955

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (2.8 km)

35 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 126 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

842 CQC-registered services

• Care homes273
• GP practices129
• Dentists179
• Homecare agencies178
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

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

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

57 applications decided

96.5% granted · 55 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 8
• 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)

4,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

31 jobs advertised · £30,103 avg

e.g. Online History Tutoring Job in Brownhills – Flexible Schedule, Production Operative, Childrens Residential Deputy Manager

Source: Adzuna

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3% 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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aldridge-Brownhills:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office464 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test274 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership248 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth170 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

• 
  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)