Coseley

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · 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

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

251 reported · July 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences112
• Shoplifting33
• Criminal damage & arson26
• Vehicle crime26

7 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Dudley North · West Midlands

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

396 reported road collisions (2024)

97 killed or seriously injured · 518 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 407 rated 4–5 ★ (290 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Coseley (0.1 km)
• 64 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£230,781 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Dudley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£853 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £608
• 2 bed £778
• 3 bed £937

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.1 km)

64 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

94 charging locations within ~8 km

• 44 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 258 kW
• Nearest: The Apple Tree Inn (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds7

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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 104 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

118 schools · 48,276 pupils

78 primary · 19 secondary · 21 other

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

107inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dudley

284 CQC-registered services

• Care homes92
• GP practices45
• Dentists62
• Homecare agencies63
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dudley

• Not in the Green Belt
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

214 applications decided

75.7% granted · 162 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Antonia Bance

Labour

Tipton and Wednesbury

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 27
• LD 4
• Ref 23
• Oth 3

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens33
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

59 jobs advertised · £29,917 avg

e.g. Online Accounting Tutor - Part Time, Property Reset Cleaners, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Coseley – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£707 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% 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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Solar 18% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 5%

216 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tipton and Wednesbury:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s371 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office356 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership234 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test204 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance183 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Coseley railway station · 0.0 km

  Coseley railway station serves the village of Coseley and the Deepfields area in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford branch of the West Coast Mai…

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  The Coseley School · 0.3 km

  The Coseley School was a mixed secondary school located in Coseley, West Midlands, England.

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  Christ Church, Coseley · 0.4 km

  Christ Church is an Anglican church in Coseley, West Midlands, England, and in the Diocese of Worcester. It was built in 1830; the interior has many additions of the late 19th and early 20th century. It is Grade II li…

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  Coseley · 0.6 km

  Coseley is a village in the Dudley district, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is situated three miles north of Dudley itself, on the border with Wolverhampton and Sandwell. It falls within the Tipton an…

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  Silver Jubilee Park · 0.8 km

  Silver Jubilee Park is a public park situated in Coseley, West Midlands, England.

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  Princes End and Coseley railway station · 0.9 km

  Princes End and Coseley railway station was a station built by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway in 1853. It was one of two stations in Princes End, but was situated closer to Coseley, which influenced t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)