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Kingswinford

Kingswinford is a town in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 20,000. It has around 4 restaurants and cafés, along with 10 bus stops and Stourbridge Town railway station 6.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £282,751, and there were around 100 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 Kingswinford area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Staffordshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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 rents81
Good schools40
Life expectancy64
Low deprivation74
Employment68
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

17°CMist

  • Today: 21° / 16° · 67% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:31

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

Crime

90 reported · July 2026 2% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences36
  • Other theft16
  • Shoplifting10
  • Vehicle crime10

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Kingswinford, Wall Heath and Pensnett · West Midlands

Local policing priorities

  • Continued increase in recorded shop theft offences across local retail premises. These are recorded acquisitive crimes resulting in finan…
  • Residents in Wall Heath and Pensnett have raised ongoing concerns regarding the use of off road bikes and nuisance. This is a continued c…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

323 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 222 rated 4–5 ★ (162 top)
  • 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stourbridge Town (5.0 km)
  • 50 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stourbridge Town (4.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£310,258 average 5.8% YoY

Across South Staffordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£451,565
Semi-detached£279,367
Terraced£238,375
Flat£149,187

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)

37 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

48 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: British Oak (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches13
  • Playgrounds5

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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

50inspected 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

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

176 applications decided

82.4% granted · 145 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mike Wood

Conservative

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,615 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

132 jobs advertised · £39,482 avg

e.g. Gearbox Assembly Fitter, Conveyancing Legal Secretary, FLT Driver

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

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

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Nuclear 19% · Wind 18% · Imports 5%

223 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 80.3 yrs 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Kingswinford · 0.2 km

    Kingswinford is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands County, England. It is situated 5 miles (8 km) west-southwest of Dudley, bordering Staffordshire. In 2021, the Kingswinford built-up ar…

  • Kingswinford Academy · 0.3 km

    Kingswinford Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England.

  • Kingswinford Rural District · 0.8 km

    Kingswinford Rural District was a rural district in Staffordshire, England from 1894 to 1934. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894, and originally consisted of the two parishes of Amblecote and Kingswinford…

  • Summerhill School, Kingswinford · 1.1 km

    Summerhill School is a mixed community secondary school located in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England.

  • Ketley Claypit · 1.2 km

    Ketley Claypit is a 13.7 hectares geological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1990 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is located in Kingswinford.

  • Wall Heath · 1.2 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Kingswinford?
Kingswinford is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the South Staffordshire local authority.
What is the population of Kingswinford?
Kingswinford has an approximate settlement population of 20,000.
How deprived is Kingswinford?
The South Staffordshire local authority, which includes Kingswinford, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.