Norton Canes

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 11° · 73% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

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

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

76 reported · July 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Other crime6

Neighbourhood team: Norton Canes · Staffordshire

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)

209 food businesses within 2 miles

• 157 rated 4–5 ★ (119 top)
• 9 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

£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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (6.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (6.6 km)

30 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)

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

57 applications decided

96.5% granted · 55 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Josh Newbury

Labour

Cannock Chase

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 8
• 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)

4,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised · £39,520 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Become a Maths Tutor in Norton Canes – Flexible & Remote, HGV Class 2 ADR Driver

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

97% low-carbon electricity

Wind 66% · Solar 15% · Nuclear 15% · Gas 3%

12 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

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 Cannock Chase:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office501 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership393 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s365 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test347 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance335 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

• 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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