Sedgley

5°CMist

• Today: 11° / 5° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:37

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

150 reported · August 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences74
• Criminal damage & arson17
• Public order10
• Vehicle crime9

Neighbourhood team: Dudley North · West Midlands

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

204 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

456 food businesses within 2 miles

• 327 rated 4–5 ★ (235 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Coseley (2.5 km)
• 42 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£308,695 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across South Staffordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£958 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £665
• 2 bed £858
• 3 bed £1,019

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,400 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6.3 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

80 charging locations within ~8 km

• 42 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Arcal Lodge Mews (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds7

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,660
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,622
• Net moves+1,038

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 222 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

50 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Staffordshire

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

• In a conservation area (ALL SAINTS SEDGLEY)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

145 applications decided

80.7% granted · 117 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sonia Kumar

Labour

Dudley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 29
• LD 4
• Grn 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

10 jobs advertised · £41,442 avg

e.g. Roofer, Maintenance Engineer, Commercial Cleaners for Offices

Source: Adzuna

£765 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% 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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Nuclear 27% · Wind 19% · Imports 5%

190 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 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

8 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in DY3

• The Ridgeway Surgery
• Tandon Medical Centre (Oram & Partners)
• Lower Gornal Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dudley:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth155 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND151 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 143 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK130 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals94 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide

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

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  All Saints' Church, Sedgley · 0.1 km

  All Saints' Church is the parish church of the town of Sedgley in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands County of England. It is dedicated to All Saints and is a Grade II* listed building. It is loca…

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  Sedgley · 0.2 km

  Sedgley is a town in the north of the Dudley district, in the county of the West Midlands, England.

• Sedgley Urban District · 0.2 km

  Sedgley urban district was a local government district within Staffordshire, which was created in 1894 from the western half of the manor of Sedgley.

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  St Chad's Church, Sedgley · 0.4 km

  St Chad's Church, also referred to as St Chad and All Saints Church or simply St Chad Church, is a Roman Catholic Church in the town of Sedgley in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands County of Engl…

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  Sarah Hughes Brewery · 0.6 km

  Sarah Hughes Brewery in Sedgley, in the Black Country of England, dates from the Victorian era. It was bought by Sarah Hughes in 1921 and brewed until 1957, before re-opening in 1987.

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  Beacon Hill, Sedgley · 0.8 km

  Beacon Hill in Sedgley, England, is one of the highest points in the West Midlands, at 237 metres (778 ft) above sea level.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)