Essington

18°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 16° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

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

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

50 reported · July 2026▼ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences28
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Burglary3

Neighbourhood team: Essington & Featherstone · Staffordshire

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

339 reported road collisions (2024)

64 killed or seriously injured · 444 casualties · 11.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

230 food businesses within 2 miles

• 190 rated 4–5 ★ (149 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bloxwich North (2.7 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£214,577 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Walsall · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£916 average monthly rent▲ 8.7% YoY

• 1 bed £648
• 2 bed £790
• 3 bed £945

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

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 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 (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.3 km)

48 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

67 charging locations within ~8 km

• 43 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Hilton Park Moto M6 (N) Services (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

284,124 residents in Walsall · 2,733/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 31 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

26% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,627 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 118,680)

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

132 schools · 52,740 pupils

85 primary · 17 secondary · 30 other

Ofsted: 50 of 58 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

121inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Walsall

277 CQC-registered services

• Care homes72
• GP practices57
• Dentists42
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Walsall

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

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

144 applications decided

82.6% granted · 119 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Gavin Williamson

Conservative

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• Ref 38
• Oth 11

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,620 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

16 jobs advertised · £28,762 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£683 median full-time weekly pay

5.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,993 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 128,498 certificates

17.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 23% · Imports 5%

153 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 78.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55 women · 56.2 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office419 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills355 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership329 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s281 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test261 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Essington · 0.1 km

  Essington is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of the city of Wolverhampton. Nearby are the towns of Bloxwich and Cannock and the vill…

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  St John's Church, Essington · 0.2 km

  St John's Church is the parish church of Essington in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It is an active place of worship and is located on Wolverhampton Road. The church was built in 1932 on…

• Essington Hall Farmhouse · 1.1 km

  Essington Hall Farmhouse is a grade II listed building in Essington, Staffordshire.

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  Hilton Park services · 1.5 km

  Hilton Park services is a motorway service station, between junctions 10a and 11 of the M6 motorway in Staffordshire, England. The nearest city is Wolverhampton.

• Wednesfield North (ward) · 1.6 km

  Wednesfield North is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. As the name suggests, it covers the northern parts of the town of Wednesfield. It borders the Wednesfield South, Heath Town and Fallings Park…

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  Springhill, South Staffordshire · 1.6 km

  Springhill is a hamlet about a mile from Essington village, in the civil parish of Essington, in the South Staffordshire district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 538.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)