Bourne Vale

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

37 reported · July 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Other theft9
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Drugs2

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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)

187 food businesses within 2 miles

• 136 rated 4–5 ★ (103 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blake Street (4.1 km)
• 26 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 (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.1 km)

44 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 258 kW
• Nearest: Foley Arms (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 3 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

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• Ref 38
• Oth 11

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

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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  St Francis of Assisi Catholic College · 1.2 km

  St. Francis of Assisi Catholic College is a mixed Roman Catholic secondary school in Walsall, England.

• Walsall Rural District · 1.3 km

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

• Barr Beacon Reservoir · 1.7 km

  Barr Beacon Reservoir is a covered, hill-top drinking water reservoir at Barr Beacon, Walsall, England, opened in 1899. It is operated by South Staffs Water.

• Aldridge-Brownhills Urban District · 1.7 km

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

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  Streetly · 1.8 km

  Streetly is an area in the county of West Midlands, England which lies around 7 miles (11 km) to the north of Birmingham City Centre. It is uniquely located within the borders of Birmingham, Lichfield and Walsall dist…

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  St Mary's Church, Aldridge · 1.8 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.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)