Darlaston

7°CPartly Cloudy

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:33

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 8.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

336 reported · August 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences153
• Vehicle crime35
• Shoplifting34
• Criminal damage & arson24

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

600 reported road collisions (2025)

124 killed or seriously injured · 784 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 349 rated 4–5 ★ (265 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

£207,065 average

Across Sandwell · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£953 average monthly rent▲ 8% YoY

• 1 bed £680
• 2 bed £851
• 3 bed £1,014

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

2,384 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 (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.3 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

70 charging locations within ~8 km

• 37 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)

• Sandwell celebrates National Youth Work Week· 3 Nov 2026
• Council updates bin collection days to keep services running smoothly for Sandwell residents· 2 Nov 2026
• Sandwell Remembrance Services and Parades 2026· 27 Oct 2026
• One year to go as new Haden Hill Leisure Centre reaches major construction milestones· 26 Oct 2026
• Sandwell Council approves new strategy to transform support for children and young people with SEND· 22 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,176
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK24,650
• Net moves−4,474

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 5 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sandwell

331 CQC-registered services

• Care homes99
• GP practices50
• Dentists56
• Homecare agencies90
• 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)

205 applications decided

86.8% granted · 178 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

12,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

27 jobs advertised · £37,696 avg

e.g. Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites, Logistics Manager (FTC), Our clients are searching carpenters for the service custom cabinets in Darlaston

Source: Adzuna

£671 median full-time weekly pay

6.8% 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

60% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Gas 35% · Nuclear 21% · Imports 5%

144 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

14 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in WS10

• The Village Medical Centre
• Oakeswell Health Centre
• Jubilee Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wolverhampton South East:

• Fund routine screening for bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy.188 local signatures · 5,484 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND161 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth129 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK86 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Urgently review & adjust steel import quota & tariff changes - effective 01/0772 local signatures · 10,279 nationwide

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