Darlaston

17°CMist

• Today: 22° / 15° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · 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

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

311 reported · July 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences126
• Shoplifting50
• Vehicle crime31
• Other theft21

3 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Darlaston · West Midlands

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

614 reported road collisions (2024)

138 killed or seriously injured · 811 casualties · 18 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 341 rated 4–5 ★ (256 top)
• 35 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Darlaston (1.3 km)
• 70 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£205,743 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Sandwell · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£947 average monthly rent▲ 7.8% YoY

• 1 bed £677
• 2 bed £846
• 3 bed £1,008

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

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

67 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

69 charging locations within ~8 km

• 36 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Darlaston Superstore (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches42
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Jack and the Beanstalk comes to West Bromwich Town Hall this December· 10 Sept 2026
• Sandwell Council fraud investigations protect more than £4 million of public money· 8 Sept 2026
• Sandwell businesses donate life-saving bleed control kits and defibrillator to boost safety· 8 Sept 2026
• Explore Sandwell Valley your way with new Tramper mobility scooter· 8 Sept 2026
• Sandwell Council launches crackdown on Forge Lane fly-tipping hotspot with offenders identified· 4 Sept 2026

Source: Sandwell Council

341,834 residents in Sandwell · 3,995/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 8 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,244 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (43% of 136,760)

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

133 schools · 62,586 pupils

93 primary · 22 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 49 of 55 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

123inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sandwell

326 CQC-registered services

• Care homes94
• GP practices50
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies91
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sandwell

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

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

201 applications decided

82.6% granted · 166 granted, 35 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Pat McFadden

Labour

Wolverhampton South East

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 28
• Grn 2
• Ref 41
• Oth 1

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens18
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

59 jobs advertised · £31,750 avg

e.g. Become a Spanish Tutor in Darlaston – Flexible & Remote, Trainee Driving Instructor - Darlaston, West Midlands, England, Become a Maths Tutor in Darlaston – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£671 median full-time weekly pay

6.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,273 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 152,657 certificates

18.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 21% · Nuclear 20% · Imports 5%

206 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 76.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 51.3 women · 52.7 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wolverhampton South East:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s423 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office330 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test258 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership224 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance202 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

• Darlaston Loop · 0.0 km

  The Darlaston Loop was a railway which connected the towns of Walsall, Darlaston and Wednesbury in the West Midlands of England. It was so named because it passed through the town of Darlaston.

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  Darlaston railway station (1863–1887) · 0.0 km

  Darlaston railway station was a station built on the South Staffordshire Line in 1863. It served the town of Darlaston, and was located to the east of the town centre, on Walsall Road. It was one of two railway statio…

• Darlaston Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Darlaston Town Hall is a municipal building in Victoria Road in Darlaston, a town in the West Midlands of England. The building, which is currently leased to a charity which manages local community activities, is a…

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  All Saints' Church, Darlaston · 0.6 km

  All Saints’ Church, Darlaston is a parish church in the Church of England in Darlaston, West Midlands County, England.

• Darlaston Urban District · 0.6 km

  Darlaston Urban District was a local authority which existed within the West Midlands conurbation, England, from 1894 until 1966. It was centred on the township of Darlaston in the Black Country, and also incorporate…

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  Wednesbury RUFC · 0.8 km

  Wednesbury Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in Wednesbury, West Midlands, England. It was founded in 1921 and is the home of the world's tallest rugby posts.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)