Shareshill

16°CLight rain shower

• Today: 20° / 11° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 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▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Public order3
• Vehicle crime3

9 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Essington & Featherstone · 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)

65 food businesses within 2 miles

• 57 rated 4–5 ★ (52 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Landywood (4.1 km)
• 10 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)

36 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

38 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Wheatsheaf Inn (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 11 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

Sir Gavin Williamson

Conservative

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

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

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,615 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised

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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

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Nuclear 26% · Biomass 10% · Imports 8%

45 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 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

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• HM Prison Featherstone · 2.1 km

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