Dudley (Dudley)

14°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 17° / 10° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:40

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

470 reported · July 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences206
• Shoplifting57
• Vehicle crime43
• Criminal damage & arson34

42 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Netherton, Quarry Bank and St Thomas · 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

• 341 rated 4–5 ★ (237 top)
• 29 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Tipton (3.5 km)
• 64 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 (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4.9 km)

57 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

71 charging locations within ~8 km

• 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Boss Design Limited Head Office (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms4
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds24

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
• 90 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

Sonia Kumar

Labour

Dudley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 27
• LD 4
• Ref 23
• Oth 3

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies8
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens123
• Restaurants & cafés76

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

967 jobs advertised · £40,420 avg

e.g. Domestic Abuse Practitioner, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Strategic Adult Social Care Lead – Assurance and Continuous Development

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

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 17% · Gas 10%

49 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 Dudley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office350 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s337 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance322 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test288 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership281 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

• Netherton railway station (Dudley) · 0.3 km

  Netherton railway station served the town of Netherton, Dudley, England, from 1852 to 1878 on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway.

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  Blowers Green railway station · 0.4 km

  Blowers Green railway station was a stop on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line in the town of Netherton, West Midlands, England.

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  Dudley · 0.6 km

  Dudley is a market town in the West Midlands, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Wolverhampton and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centr…

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  Buffery Park · 0.7 km

  Buffery Park is a park of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the Paradise area of Dudley, West Midlands, England. It has a range of leisure facilities, including a tennis court, an outdoor gym and a football pitch…

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  Church of St Thomas, Dudley · 0.7 km

  The Church of Saint Thomas is a Grade II* listed Church of England Anglican parish church in Dudley in the West Midlands County of England. Known locally as 'Top Church', as opposed to the 'Bottom Church' of St. Edmun…

• Archdeacon of Worcester · 0.7 km

  The Archdeacon of Worcester is a senior clergy position in the Diocese of Worcester in the Church of England. Among the archdeacon's responsibilities is the care of clergy and church buildings within the area of the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)