Dickens Heath

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:32

9h 24m 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 A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.4 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

51 reported · August 2026▲ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Vehicle crime11
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Criminal damage & arson5

Neighbourhood team: St Alphege and Blythe · West Midlands

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

251 reported road collisions (2025)

64 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 11.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

232 food businesses within 2 miles

• 204 rated 4–5 ★ (176 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Whitlocks End (1.1 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£332,022 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across Solihull · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,279 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £858
• 2 bed £1,065
• 3 bed £1,262

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,703 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: 139.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (6.3 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

63 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Cornwood Lane (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools14
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

216,239 residents in Solihull · 1,213/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,912
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,932
• Net moves+980

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 204 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,197 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 95,980)

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

91 schools · 41,037 pupils

59 primary · 15 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 32 of 36 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Solihull

242 CQC-registered services

• Care homes63
• GP practices34
• Dentists51
• Homecare agencies59
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Solihull

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

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

303 applications decided

94.4% granted · 286 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

Conservative

Solihull West and Shirley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 25
• LD 6
• Grn 4
• Ref 15
• Oth 1

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

196 jobs advertised · £45,601 avg

e.g. Tax Manager, Store Manager, Kitchen Assistant - Full Time Days

Source: Adzuna

£899 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,713 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 95,331 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Wind 24% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 5%

187 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.9 women · 63.2 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

5 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in B90

• Gps Healthcare
• Northbrook Health Centre
• Grafton Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Solihull West and Shirley:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND272 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review & amend immigration rules for Hongkongers with political convictions169 local signatures · 11,120 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities162 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth156 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills154 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Dickens Heath · 0.1 km

  Dickens Heath is a large modern village and civil parish in the borough of Solihull in the West Midlands and historic Warwickshire, incorporating the much older hamlet of Whitlocks End. It was previously part of the c…

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  Highgate United F.C. · 0.6 km

  Highgate United Football Club is a football club based in the Shirley district of Solihull, having relocated from their original home in Highgate, Birmingham. They are currently members of the United Counties League P…

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  Whitlocks End railway station · 1.2 km

  Whitlocks End railway station is a railway station on the North Warwickshire Line located next to, and named after the hamlet of Whitlock's End in the West Midlands of England. It lies a short distance from several vi…

• Tidbury Green · 1.2 km

  Tidbury Green is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the county of West Midlands in England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 1,130.

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  Major's Green · 1.4 km

  Major's Green is a village in the Wythall parish of Bromsgrove district and is the northeasternmost settlement in the county of Worcestershire, England.

• Light Hall School · 1.7 km

  Light Hall School is a secondary school located in Shirley, West Midlands, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)