Kingswinford

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:35

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 7.3 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

87 reported · August 2026▲ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Shoplifting19
• Other theft9
• Vehicle crime8

Neighbourhood team: Kingswinford, Wall Heath and Pensnett · West Midlands

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

392 reported road collisions (2025)

73 killed or seriously injured · 502 casualties · 12.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

325 food businesses within 2 miles

• 221 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
• 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stourbridge Town (5.0 km)
• 50 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,819 average▲ 3.4% YoY

Across Dudley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£858 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £611
• 2 bed £782
• 3 bed £942

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

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

3,436 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 (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

49 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: British Oak (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds5

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,106
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,439
• Net moves+1,667

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 115 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

119 schools · 47,675 pupils

78 primary · 19 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 45 of 55 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dudley

287 CQC-registered services

• Care homes92
• GP practices45
• Dentists61
• Homecare agencies66
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dudley

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

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

228 applications decided

87.3% granted · 199 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mike Wood

Conservative

Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 27
• LD 4
• Ref 21
• Oth 4

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

• Schools13
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

96 jobs advertised · £37,814 avg

e.g. Coffee Machine Engineers - Looking for something different???, Warehouse Operative, KS3 Tutor

Source: Adzuna

£707 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% 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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Nuclear 26% · Wind 23% · Imports 6%

170 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in DY6

• Moss Grove Surgery
• Kingswinford Medical Practice
• The Summerhill Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kingswinford and South Staffordshire:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases186 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills174 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth168 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND154 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately133 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Kingswinford · 0.2 km

  Kingswinford is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands County, England. It is situated 5 miles (8 km) west-southwest of Dudley, bordering Staffordshire. In 2021, the Kingswinford built-up ar…

• Kingswinford Academy · 0.3 km

  Kingswinford Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England.

• Kingswinford Rural District · 0.8 km

  Kingswinford Rural District was a rural district in Staffordshire, England from 1894 to 1934. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894, and originally consisted of the two parishes of Amblecote and Kingswinford…

• Summerhill School, Kingswinford · 1.1 km

  Summerhill School is a mixed community secondary school located in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England.

• Ketley Claypit · 1.2 km

  Ketley Claypit is a 13.7 hectares geological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1990 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is located in Kingswinford.

• Wall Heath · 1.2 km

  Wall Heath is a suburban village in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands of England. It is located on the A449 road, approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Kingswinford, 5 miles west of Dudley Town Centr…

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