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Rawnsley

Rawnsley is a village in Staffordshire, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has 18 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Hednesford, 2.4 km away. There were around 32 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 Rawnsley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cannock Chase area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 100,519 residents at roughly 1,274 people per km².

Council
Cannock Chase
County
Staffordshire
Constituency
Cannock Chase
Police force
Staffordshire
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 137th of 294 English council areas — better than 53% of them.

Low crime62
Home affordability78
Affordable rents78
Good schools27
Life expectancy23
Low deprivation44
Employment54
Low council tax65

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

10°CSunny

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:36

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

37 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences18
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Rawnsley · Staffordshire

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB).
  • Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour, is a priority for our local officers.

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

Road safety

111 reported road collisions (2025)

29 killed or seriously injured · 157 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

207 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 165 rated 4–5 ★ (131 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hednesford (2.0 km)
  • 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hednesford (2.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£231,333 average▼ 1.3% YoY

Across Cannock Chase · to 2026-08

Detached£348,921
Semi-detached£222,470
Terraced£183,922
Flat£105,774

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

21 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Hunter Douglas UK LTD T/A Sunflex (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

100,519 residents in Cannock Chase · 1,274/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,376 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 46,090)

A £1,584
B £1,848
C £2,112
D £2,376
E £2,904
F £3,432
G £3,960
H £4,752

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Kingsmead SchoolGood
  • Staffordshire University AcademyGood
  • Norton Canes High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Cannock Chase High School
  • Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
  • The Hart School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cannock Chase

Care & health services

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

Planning decisions

75 applications decided

88% granted · 66 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Josh Newbury

Labour

Cannock Chase

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Nuclear 22% · Wind 21% · Solar 8%

166 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in WS12

  • Hednesford Medical Practice
  • Dr Manickam & Partner
  • Heath Hayes Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cannock Chase:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Rawnsley, Staffordshire · 0.0 km

    Rawnsley is an area in the Cannock Chase district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located between Hazelslade and Prospect Village. Rawnsley is a former mining hamlet and was served by the mineral line…

  • Littleworth, Cannock · 0.4 km

    Littleworth is an area of Cannock Chase District, Staffordshire, England. The area is mainly residential and industrial. It is located between Wimblebury and Hazelslade. There is a bus service that connects the area w…

  • Hednesford Hills Raceway · 0.4 km

    Hednesford Hills Raceway is an oval, short-circuit motor racing venue. It is situated on Cannock Chase, approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) from the town of Hednesford, Staffordshire, England and is operated by Incarace Ltd.

  • Hazelslade · 0.9 km

    Hazelslade is a former mining village in Staffordshire, England. It is now part of Cannock Chase District. The village is located between Hednesford and Rugeley. It has been built into the Rawnsley area of Hednesford…

  • Heath Hayes and Wimblebury · 1.2 km

    Heath Hayes and Wimblebury is a civil parish in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. It comprises the once separate villages of Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, which has seen housing developments physical…

  • Valley coal mine · 1.3 km

    Valley Colliery, commonly known as Valley Pit, was a deep coal mine and training centre located in Hednesford, Staffordshire, UK.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rawnsley?
Rawnsley is a town in Staffordshire, England, in the Cannock Chase local authority.
How deprived is Rawnsley?
The Cannock Chase local authority, which includes Rawnsley, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.