Old Perton

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 10° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

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

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

37 reported · July 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Public order4
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Perton & Pattingham · 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)

79 food businesses within 2 miles

• 68 rated 4–5 ★ (67 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bilbrook (4.7 km)
• 1 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: 157.9p · BP (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Asda (6 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Shell Compton - Wolverhampton (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches1
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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
• 4 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

Conservative majority

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,615 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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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  Perton · 1.1 km

  Perton is a large estate and civil parish located in the South Staffordshire District, Staffordshire, England. It lies 3 miles to the south of Codsall and 4 miles west of Wolverhampton, where part of the estate is con…

• Wightwick · 1.4 km

  Wightwick is a part of Tettenhall Wightwick ward in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is named after an ancient local family the "de Wightwicks". It is on the western fringe of Wolverhampton and borders the…

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  Nurton · 1.6 km

  Nurton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Pattingham and Patshull, in the South Staffordshire district, in the English county of Staffordshire. Nearby settlements include the city of Wolverhampton and the villages of…

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  Wightwick Manor · 1.6 km

  Wightwick Manor is a Victorian house in Wightwick Bank, a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It was commissioned in 1887 from the architect Edward Ould by Theodore Mander of Mander Brothers, a Wolverhamp…

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  A.F.C. Wolverhampton City · 2.3 km

  A.F.C. Wolverhampton City is a football club based in Wolverhampton, England. They are currently members of the Midland League Premier Division and play at the Castlecroft Stadium.

• Smestow Academy · 2.3 km

  Smestow Academy, also known as simply Smestow is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Castlecroft area of Wolverhampton, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)