Clayhanger

17°CMist

• Today: 21° / 16° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:30

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

119 reported · July 2026▲ 47% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences54
• Criminal damage & arson13
• Shoplifting12
• Anti-social behaviour8

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Brownhills · 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)

267 food businesses within 2 miles

• 209 rated 4–5 ★ (150 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Brownhills West (2.4 km)
• 24 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (3.4 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Walsall Brownhills (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds6

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 2 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 & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised · £16,384 avg

e.g. Online French Tutoring Job in Clayhanger – Flexible Schedule, Online French Tutor - Part Time, Become a French Tutor in Clayhanger – Flexible & Remote

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

37% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Nuclear 18% · Wind 15% · Imports 5%

234 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

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

• Clayhanger Marsh · 0.6 km

  Clayhanger Marsh is a 23.8 hectares biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands, England. The site was notified in 1986 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is located to the north o…

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  Brownhills · 0.9 km

  Brownhills is a historic market and industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall of the West Midlands county, England. The town is located south of Cannock Chase and close to the large Chasewater reservoir,…

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  Council House, Brownhills · 1.0 km

  The Council House is a former municipal building in Chester Road North, Brownhills, West Midlands, England. The building, which is now used as a health centre, is a locally listed building.

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  Brownhills railway station · 1.0 km

  Brownhills railway station is a disused railway station that served the town of Brownhills and the village of Clayhanger in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands. It was on the South Staffordshire Line be…

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  Catshill Junction · 1.1 km

  Catshill Junction is a canal junction at the northern limit of the Daw End Branch Canal where it meets the Wyrley and Essington Canal main line, near Brownhills, in West Midlands, England.

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  St James' Church, Brownhills · 1.2 km

  St James' Church is the parish church of Brownhills, Clayhanger and Ogley Hay in the West Midlands, England. It is an active place of worship serving the town of Brownhills and the suburbs of Clayhanger and Ogley Hay…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)