Norton Canes

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 5° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:36

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US 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

90 reported · August 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences33
• Anti-social behaviour20
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Vehicle crime7

Neighbourhood team: Norton Canes · Staffordshire

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)

214 food businesses within 2 miles

• 161 rated 4–5 ★ (120 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Norton Lakeside Halt (0.5 km)
• 59 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (6.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (6.6 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Roadchef Norton Canes Services (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds11

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

75 applications decided

88% granted · 66 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh Newbury

Labour

Cannock Chase

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

• Schools4
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. FLT / Labourer

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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Wind 22% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 5%

177 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

24 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in WS11

• Norton Canes Health Centre
• Alderwood Medical Practice
• Red Lion Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cannock Chase:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth269 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills240 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK161 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND157 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund routine screening for bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy.142 local signatures · 5,484 nationwide

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

• Little Norton, Staffordshire · 0.4 km

  Little Norton is an area of Norton Canes, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England. The area is located near Brownhills West and is also next to Chasewater Railway. The area is a residential area of Norton Canes. It is l…

• Norton Junction (Staffordshire) · 0.5 km

  Norton Junction was a railway junction and goods yard that served multiple coal lines and mineral lines to and from the local collieries and other industrial-related businesses, most notably Pelsall Steelworks and Wal…

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  Norton Canes services · 0.9 km

  Norton Canes services is a motorway service area on the M6 Toll, in the village of Norton Canes near the towns of Brownhills, Cannock, and Walsall, in Staffordshire, England. It is operated by Roadchef, which has a 25…

• Norton Canes High School · 0.9 km

  Norton Canes High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Norton Canes in the English county of Staffordshire.

• Chasewater Heaths · 0.9 km

  Chasewater and the Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire, England. It is located between Brownhills and Hednesford. The protected area includes Brownhills Co…

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  Brownhills West railway station · 1.2 km

  Brownhills West railway station is a heritage railway station on the Chasewater Railway in Staffordshire. It is the western terminus of the Chasewater Railway. The present facilities were constructed in the early 2000…

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