Aldridge

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• Today: 10° / 6° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:34

9h 26m 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

• 8.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

76 reported · August 2026▲ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Shoplifting13
• Vehicle crime10
• Criminal damage & arson7

Neighbourhood team: Aldridge · West Midlands

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

407 reported road collisions (2025)

81 killed or seriously injured · 510 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

219 food businesses within 2 miles

• 170 rated 4–5 ★ (123 top)
• 12 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

£216,878 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Walsall · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£924 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £653
• 2 bed £797
• 3 bed £953

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

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

2,487 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 (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

23 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,533
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,813
• Net moves−1,280

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 38 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

121 inspected 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
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies89
• 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)

148 applications decided

79.7% granted · 118 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Wendy Morton

Conservative

Aldridge-Brownhills

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• Ref 37
• Oth 12

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

85 jobs advertised · £31,420 avg

e.g. Senior Care Assistant, Field Service Generator Engineer, AVON Representatives wanted in Aldridge, West Midlands, England – start today

Source: Adzuna

£683 median full-time weekly pay

6% 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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Wind 20% · Nuclear 19% · Imports 4%

218 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:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules230 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth173 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND173 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Reform UK Bail Law: Require Passport Surrender for Serious Criminal Charges141 local signatures · 6,379 nationwide
• Fund routine screening for bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy.138 local signatures · 5,484 nationwide

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

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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)