Tamworth

16°CModerate rain at times

• Today: 18° / 12° · 63% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:24

12h 45m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

243 reported · July 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences92
• Shoplifting45
• Anti-social behaviour31
• Public order21

4 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Tamworth Town · Staffordshire

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

70 reported road collisions (2024)

22 killed or seriously injured · 91 casualties · 8.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

382 food businesses within 2 miles

• 325 rated 4–5 ★ (282 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Tamworth (0.7 km)
• 60 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£230,478 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Tamworth · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£920 average monthly rent▲ 0.5% YoY

• 1 bed £672
• 2 bed £824
• 3 bed £1,001

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Asda (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (7.2 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Tamworth Upper Gungate (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms5
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

78,647 residents in Tamworth · 2,550/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 125 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,301 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (35% of 35,090)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

37 schools · 10,592 pupils

27 primary · 4 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 11 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

34inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tamworth

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 (Tamworth, Town Centre)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 103 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

37 applications decided

97.3% granted · 36 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Edwards

Labour

Tamworth

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 14
• Con 3
• Grn 1
• Ref 11
• Oth 1

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics11
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets11
• Parks & greens17
• Restaurants & cafés88

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,745 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,011 jobs advertised · £38,022 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Dordon, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£752 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,842 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 32,250 certificates

12.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Biomass 27% · Gas 17% · Imports 5%

101 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 79.4 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tamworth:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office552 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test325 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s302 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth257 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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• Ankerside Shopping Centre · 0.2 km

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  River Anker · 0.3 km

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