Cradley Heath

7°CClear

• Today: 10° / 6° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:31

9h 20m 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

250 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences108
• Criminal damage & arson28
• Public order28
• Vehicle crime25

Neighbourhood team: Rowley Town · 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

• 359 rated 4–5 ★ (254 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Cradley Heath (0.7 km)
• 66 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 (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra - Cradley Heath (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Sports pitches31
• Playgrounds17

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 16 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

Alex Ballinger

Labour

Halesowen

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics13
• Pharmacies9
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés58

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

35 jobs advertised · £28,740 avg

e.g. HGV Class 1 Driver, Delivery Rider / Bike, Driver's Mate/Installer

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

62% low-carbon electricity

Wind 35% · Gas 33% · Nuclear 25% · Imports 5%

132 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

3 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in B64

• Old Hill Medical Centre
• Church View Surgery
• Haden Vale Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Halesowen:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth209 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND167 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK126 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Introduce a national strategy to tackle the cat overpopulation and rescue crisis125 local signatures · 18,774 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills117 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Cradley Heath Baptist Church · 0.2 km

  Cradley Heath Baptist Church, also known as Four-ways Baptist Church, was the first Church of any denomination to build a chapel in Cradley Heath, West Midlands. The first meeting was in December 1833, in Grainger's L…

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  Cradley Heath · 0.2 km

  Cradley Heath is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It is in the Black Country, 8 miles (13 km) west of Birmingham. The town was known for the manufacture of chains in the first ha…

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  Dudley Wood Stadium · 0.4 km

  Dudley Wood Stadium also known as Cradley Heath Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing, speedway and association football stadium.

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  Cradley Heath railway station · 0.6 km

  Cradley Heath railway station serves the town of Cradley Heath in the West Midlands of England. It is on the Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line. The station is managed by West Midlands Railway, who provide…

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  Mushroom Green · 0.9 km

  Mushroom Green is a hamlet in the Dudley Wood/Netherton area of Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is known for its traditional chain making shop, which is the only remaining chain shop in its original grounds in Euro…

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  Old Hill · 1.2 km

  Old Hill is an urban village in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, situated around 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Halesowen and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Dudley. It is part of the Black Country a…

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