Stourbridge

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:33

9h 24m 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

228 reported · August 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences79
• Shoplifting58
• Other theft20
• Vehicle crime17

Neighbourhood team: Stourbridge, Pedmore and Wollaston · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 331 rated 4–5 ★ (245 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Stourbridge Town (0.1 km)
• 70 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 (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

43 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Premier Inn, Stourbridge (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 54 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

Cat Eccles

Labour

Stourbridge

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

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

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

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens25
• Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,665 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

170 jobs advertised · £36,881 avg

e.g. TIG Stainless Steel Welder, Bank Night Support Worker at Hollybush, Production Welder

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 18% · Imports 4%

185 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

11 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in DY8

• Three Villages Medical Practice
• Lion Health
• Wordsley Green Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stourbridge:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth165 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND165 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks140 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills138 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately120 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Stourbridge Interchange · 0.0 km

  Stourbridge Interchange is a bus station in Stourbridge, England, on the site of an earlier bus station. The bus station site partly occupies the location of the original Stourbridge railway station which was demolish…

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  Stourbridge Town railway station · 0.1 km

  Stourbridge Town is a railway station in the town of Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It is situated at the end of the Stourbridge Town branch line linking the station with Stourbridge Junction, 0.8 miles away, wh…

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  Stourbridge Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Stourbridge Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Stourbridge Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  St Thomas' Church, Stourbridge · 0.3 km

  St Thomas' Church, Stourbridge, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Stourbridge, West Midlands County, England.

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  Stourbridge · 0.4 km

  Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, the town lies around 11 miles west of Birmingham, at the southwestern edge of the West Mid…

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  King Edward VI College, Stourbridge · 0.4 km

  King Edward VI College (KEDST) is a selective state sixth form centre located in Stourbridge, England, in the West Midlands area.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)