Essington

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 6° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:31

9h 19m 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

• 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

84 reported · August 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Public order16
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson8

Neighbourhood team: Essington & Featherstone · Staffordshire

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

407 reported road collisions (2025)

81 killed or seriously injured · 510 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

228 food businesses within 2 miles

• 190 rated 4–5 ★ (151 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

£216,878 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Walsall · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£924 average monthly rent▲ 9.7% YoY

• 1 bed £653
• 2 bed £797
• 3 bed £953

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

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

2,487 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 (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.3 km)

25 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,533
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,813
• Net moves−1,280

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 38 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

121 inspected 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
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies89
• 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)

148 applications decided

79.7% granted · 118 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Gavin Williamson

Conservative

Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• Ref 37
• Oth 12

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £31,015 avg

e.g. Barista - Costa, Residential Childcare Worker - Ref: CH09226, Mobile Cleaning Support

Source: Adzuna

£683 median full-time weekly pay

6% 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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Wind 29% · Nuclear 23% · Imports 4%

172 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

3 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in WV11

• Ashmore Park Medical Centre
• Griffiths Drive Medical Practice
• Essington Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills361 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND199 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth181 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK172 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases137 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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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)