Tamworth

6°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 55% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:31

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

206 reported · August 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences68
• Anti-social behaviour42
• Shoplifting21
• Public order19

Neighbourhood team: Tamworth Town · Staffordshire

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

92 reported road collisions (2025)

23 killed or seriously injured · 116 casualties · 11.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

393 food businesses within 2 miles

• 331 rated 4–5 ★ (290 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

£232,956 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Tamworth · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£925 average monthly rent▲ 0.5% YoY

• 1 bed £675
• 2 bed £828
• 3 bed £1,006

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

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

1,103 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: 166.7p · Asda (1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (1 km)

5 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,108
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,756
• Net moves+352

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 140 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 10,068 pupils

27 primary · 4 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 10 of 11 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tamworth

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

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

39 applications decided

97.4% granted · 38 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

2,835 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

756 jobs advertised · £38,296 avg

e.g. Cook - Tamworth Campus, Environmental Officer, Class 1 Driver - ongoing work

Source: Adzuna

£752 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 26% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 79.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Staffordshire): 62.5 women · 63 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

8 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in B79

• The Aldergate Med.Pract.
• Laurel House Surgery
• Hollies Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tamworth:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth257 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND234 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills204 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK169 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules143 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

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

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