Cradley Heath

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 16° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:28

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

304 reported · July 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences148
• Criminal damage & arson31
• Vehicle crime25
• Public order23

14 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Rowley Town · 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

• 363 rated 4–5 ★ (257 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Cradley Heath (0.7 km)
• 68 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 (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

53 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

63 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 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)

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
• 16 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

Alex Ballinger

Labour

Halesowen

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

68 jobs advertised · £32,612 avg

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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

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Wind 23% · Solar 16% · Nuclear 15%

156 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Halesowen:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office402 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test305 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s298 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership260 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth208 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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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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