Sedgley

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 11° · 49% 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

132 reported · July 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences68
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Vehicle crime11
• Public order10

8 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Dudley North · West Midlands

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)

455 food businesses within 2 miles

• 331 rated 4–5 ★ (239 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Coseley (2.5 km)
• 42 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6.3 km)

54 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

79 charging locations within ~8 km

• 41 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 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)

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

• 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)

176 applications decided

82.4% granted · 145 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sonia Kumar

Labour

Dudley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 2
• Con 28
• 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)

4,615 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

41 jobs advertised · £37,000 avg

e.g. Become a French Tutor in Sedgley – Flexible & Remote, Become a GCSE Tutor in Sedgley – Flexible & Remote, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Sedgley – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Nuclear 29% · Biomass 12% · Gas 10%

55 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

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 Dudley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office350 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s337 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance322 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test288 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership281 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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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)