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10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 5° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:37

9h 31m 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

81 reported · August 2026▲ 42% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences35
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Burglary6

Neighbourhood team: Kinver · Staffordshire

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)

394 food businesses within 2 miles

• 284 rated 4–5 ★ (214 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stourbridge Town (2.4 km)
• 32 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 (12 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (12 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

39 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Kingswinford Lidl (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds6

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
• 23 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

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in DY7

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

• 
  Wollaston, West Midlands · 0.6 km

  Wollaston is a village on the outskirts of Stourbridge, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is in the south-west of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, about one mile to the west of Stourbridge town centre.

• Ridgewood High School, Wollaston · 0.8 km

  Ridgewood High School is a coeducational secondary school, a part of the Stour Vale Academy Trust situated in Wollaston, in the West Midlands county of England.

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  Amblecote · 1.1 km

  Amblecote is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England and was in the ancient Domesday book. It lies immediately north of the historic town of Stourbridge on the southwestern edge o…

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  Stourbridge Canal · 1.2 km

  The Stourbridge Canal is a canal in the West Midlands of England. It links the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal with the Dudley Canal, and hence, via the Birmingham Canal Navigations, to Birmingham and the Black…

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  The Lace Guild · 1.5 km

  The Lace Guild is a registered charity, accredited museum and educational organisation based in the UK for lacemakers and those interested in lacemaking. Its aims are to provide information about the craft of lacemaki…

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  War Memorial Athletic Ground · 1.6 km

  The War Memorial Athletic Ground, often referred to as simply the War Memorial Ground, is a sports ground in the Amblecote region of Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It plays host to both cricket and football, bei…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)