Himley

17°CLight drizzle

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:33

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

43 reported · July 2026▲ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Public order3
• Vehicle crime3

Neighbourhood team: Wombourne · Staffordshire

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

184 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 253 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

221 food businesses within 2 miles

• 174 rated 4–5 ★ (140 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Coseley (7.0 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£310,258 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across South Staffordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£949 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £659
• 2 bed £849
• 3 bed £1,008

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.1 km)

41 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

50 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: British Oak (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 235 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

176 applications decided

82.4% granted · 145 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mike Wood

Conservative

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 2
• Con 28
• LD 4
• Grn 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools4
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,615 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

20 jobs advertised · £31,522 avg

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Himley – Flexible Schedule, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£765 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% 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

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 66% · Solar 16% · Nuclear 15% · Gas 2%

9 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 80.3 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kingswinford and South Staffordshire:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office415 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test331 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership284 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance241 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Himley · 0.3 km

  Himley is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Dudley and 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Wolverhampton. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 802. Himley Hall was th…

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  Himley railway station · 0.5 km

  Himley was a railway station on the Wombourne Branch Line. It served the villages of Himley and Swindon in Staffordshire, England. Unlike other stops along the route, it was deemed worthy of full station status. It wa…

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  Holbeche House · 1.0 km

  Holbeche House is a mansion located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Kingswinford, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley but historically in Staffordshire. Some members of the Gunpowder Plot were either kill…

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  Wombourne · 1.3 km

  Wombourne is a major village and civil parish located in the district of South Staffordshire, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) south-west of Wolverhampton and on the border with the West M…

• Wall Heath · 1.4 km

  Wall Heath is a suburban village in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands of England. It is located on the A449 road, approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Kingswinford, 5 miles west of Dudley Town Centr…

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  Wom Brook · 1.6 km

  The Wom Brook is a stream in South Staffordshire, England. It flows through the large village of Wombourne, and has played an important part in its industrial history. It is an important tributary of the River Smestow…

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