Hints

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:29

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Burglary2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Bourne Vale & Fazeley · Staffordshire

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

138 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 13 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 19 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shenstone (5.4 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£337,052 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across Lichfield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,100 average monthly rent▲ 8% YoY

• 1 bed £740
• 2 bed £965
• 3 bed £1,155

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (8.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Mercedes Benz Tamworth (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

106,436 residents in Lichfield · 321/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 250 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,352 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 49,360)

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

60 schools · 17,466 pupils

42 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

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

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lichfield

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
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

155 applications decided

82.6% granted · 128 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Edwards

Labour

Tamworth

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 14
• Con 21
• LD 7
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 3

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

5,490 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,955 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 46,236 certificates

12.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 51% · Gas 26% · Wind 21% · Nuclear 2%

162 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tamworth:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office552 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test325 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s302 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth257 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Hints, Staffordshire · 0.3 km

  Hints is a village and civil parish in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. The parish includes the village of Canwell. In 2011 the parish had a population of 355.

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  Weeford · 1.6 km

  Weeford is a village and civil parish in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. According to the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 215, an increase from 202 in the 2001 Census.

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  St Chad's Church, Hopwas · 2.5 km

  St Chad's Church is in the village of Hopwas, Staffordshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tamworth, the archdeaconry of Lichfield and the diocese of Lichfield. Its benefice is comb…

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  Hopwas · 2.5 km

  Hopwas is a village in Staffordshire, England. It lies along the North West borders of Tamworth Borough and 5 miles (8 km) east of Lichfield. It is situated where the A51 road crosses both the River Tame and the Coven…

• Swinfen and Packington · 2.7 km

  Swinfen and Packington is a civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. The parish was formed in 1934 by division from Weeford. The parish includes the hamlet of Swinfen, and contains several listed bu…

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