Aldridge

16°CMist

• Today: 22° / 15° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:27

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

82 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Vehicle crime8
• Public order6
• Shoplifting6

3 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Aldridge · West Midlands

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

339 reported road collisions (2024)

64 killed or seriously injured · 444 casualties · 11.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

235 food businesses within 2 miles

• 172 rated 4–5 ★ (124 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blake Street (4.9 km)
• 58 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£214,577 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Walsall · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£916 average monthly rent▲ 8.7% YoY

• 1 bed £648
• 2 bed £790
• 3 bed £945

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

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

42 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

36 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 258 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Aldridge (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

284,124 residents in Walsall · 2,733/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 31 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

26% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,627 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 118,680)

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

132 schools · 52,740 pupils

85 primary · 17 secondary · 30 other

Ofsted: 50 of 58 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

121inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Walsall

277 CQC-registered services

• Care homes72
• GP practices57
• Dentists42
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Walsall

• In a conservation area (Aldridge)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

144 applications decided

82.6% granted · 119 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Wendy Morton

Conservative

Aldridge-Brownhills

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• Ref 38
• Oth 11

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés29

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

106 jobs advertised · £35,341 avg

e.g. Site Engineer - UPVC Fenestration, Hgv Driver, Online Personal trainers Tutoring Job in Aldridge – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£683 median full-time weekly pay

5.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,993 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 128,498 certificates

17.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Wind 20% · Nuclear 17% · Imports 3%

226 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 78.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55 women · 56.2 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in WS9

• St John'S Medical Centre
• Streets Corner Surgery
• Portland Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aldridge-Brownhills:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office464 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test274 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership248 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth170 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Aldridge · 0.1 km

  Aldridge is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. It was historically a village, which was part of Staffordshire until 1974. The town is three miles from Brownhills, five miles f…

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  St Mary's Church, Aldridge · 0.3 km

  St. Mary's Church is the parish church of Aldridge, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England. It is operated by the Church of England. The church is grade-II* listed.

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  Aldridge railway station · 0.5 km

  Aldridge railway station is a former station on the Midland Railway in England. It was opened in 1879, closed in 1965 and subsequently demolished, although the track through the station site is still in use for freight.

• Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District · 0.6 km

  Aldridge-Brownhills was an urban district in Staffordshire, England, from 1966 to 1974.

• Walsall Rural District · 0.8 km

  Walsall was a rural district in Staffordshire, England from 1894 to 1934.

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  Aston Manor Road Transport Museum · 0.8 km

  Aldridge Transport Museum, home to the Aston Manor Road Transport Museum's collection of vehicles is an independent transport museum in Aldridge, Walsall, England. Until December 2011 the museum occupied the former Bi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)