Brierley Hill

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 7° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:33

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, 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

303 reported · August 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences98
• Shoplifting63
• Burglary22
• Vehicle crime22

Neighbourhood team: Brierley Hill and Wordsley · West Midlands

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

392 reported road collisions (2025)

73 killed or seriously injured · 502 casualties · 12.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 304 rated 4–5 ★ (220 top)
• 20 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Lye (2.4 km)
• 72 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,819 average▲ 3.4% YoY

Across Dudley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£858 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £611
• 2 bed £782
• 3 bed £942

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

6.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.8 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,436 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 (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

58 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Brierley Hill (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches25
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

323,488 residents in Dudley · 3,302/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,106
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,439
• Net moves+1,667

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 115 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,145 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (31% of 142,250)

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

119 schools · 47,675 pupils

78 primary · 19 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 45 of 55 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dudley

287 CQC-registered services

• Care homes92
• GP practices45
• Dentists61
• Homecare agencies66
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dudley

• In a conservation area (HIGH STREET, BRIERLEY HILL)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

228 applications decided

87.3% granted · 199 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Cat Eccles

Labour

Stourbridge

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 27
• LD 4
• Ref 21
• Oth 4

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens158
• Restaurants & cafés101

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

208 jobs advertised · £43,667 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician, Roadside Technician - West Midlands, Tax Semi Senior

Source: Adzuna

£707 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,171 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 143,366 certificates

15.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Wind 22% · Nuclear 18% · Imports 3%

224 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.1 yrs women · 79.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.9 women · 59.6 men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

16 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in DY5

• Aw Surgeries
• The Waterfront Surgery
• Quarry Bank Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stourbridge:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth165 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND165 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks140 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills138 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately120 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Brierley Hill Urban District · 0.2 km

  Brierley Hill Urban District was an Urban District in Staffordshire, England, comprising the areas of Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Quarry Bank, and Pensnett, now within the modern-day Dudley Metropolitan Borough in th…

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  Brierley Hill · 0.3 km

  Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is located three miles south of Dudley and one mile north of Stourbridge. Part of the Black Country and in a…

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  Round Oak rail accident · 0.4 km

  The Round Oak railway accident happened on 23 August 1858 between Brettell Lane and Round Oak railway stations, on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway. The breakage of a defective coupling caused seventeen…

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  Brierley Hill War Memorial · 0.5 km

  Brierley Hill War Memorial is a war memorial in Brierley Hill, Dudley, England.

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  Brierley Hill railway station · 0.5 km

  Brierley Hill railway station served the town of Brierley Hill, in the West Midlands, England. It was a stop on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line

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  Delph Locks · 0.6 km

  Delph Locks or the Delph Nine are a series of eight narrow canal locks on the Dudley No. 1 Canal in Brierley Hill, in the West Midlands, England. They were opened in 1779, and reopened in 1967 following restoration of…

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