Rodbaston

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 11° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 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

22 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Shoplifting4
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2

1 stop & searches · mostly evidence of offences under the act

Neighbourhood team: Penkridge & Huntington · 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)

48 food businesses within 2 miles

• 43 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Penkridge (2.0 km)
• 4 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: 153.9p · Esso (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (8 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Spread Eagle (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds3

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
• 3 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)

• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés5

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 Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office419 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills355 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership329 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s281 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test261 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  The Rural Enterprise Academy · 0.3 km

  The Rural Enterprise Academy is a coeducational high school and sixth form located in Penkridge, Staffordshire, UK. It was the first dedicated land-based free school in England, and its aim is to develop rural entrepr…

• Rodbaston · 0.4 km

  Rodbaston is a village in Staffordshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Penkridge. It is the location of a campus of South Staffordshire College.

• Penkridge weather station · 0.7 km

  Penkridge weather station is a weather station at Penkridge in Staffordshire, England, operated by the Met Office. It is situated on the site of Rodbaston College.

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  Cuttleston · 1.3 km

  Cuttleston or Cuttlestone is a hundred in the county of Staffordshire, England, located in the centre of that county, south of Stafford.

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  Gailey, Staffordshire · 1.5 km

  Gailey is a small village in Staffordshire, England. It is at the junction of the A5 and A449 roads, and is on the boundary of the parishes of Brewood and Coven and Penkridge, in South Staffordshire.

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  Gailey railway station · 1.7 km

  Gailey railway station was a railway station built by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. It served the small village of Gailey, Staffordshire, 7 miles north of Wolverhampton City Centre, and was located near to the j…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)