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Pheasey

Pheasey is a town in West Midlands, England, with a population of around 15,000. It has around 30 restaurants and cafés, 2 schools, 2 GP surgeries, 6 pharmacies, and 1 park, along with 41 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Hamstead, 2.5 km away. There were around 163 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Pheasey area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Birmingham area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 1,144,918 residents at roughly 4,275 people per km².

Council
Birmingham
County
West Midlands
Constituency
Birmingham, Perry Barr
Police force
West Midlands
33/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 271st of 294 English council areas — better than 8% of them.

Low crime9
Home affordability82
Affordable rents56
Good schools48
Life expectancy15
Low deprivation2
Employment0
Low council tax68

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

13°CClear

  • Today: 21° / 11° · 76% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:32

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

45US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

Crime

174 reported · July 2026 31% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences80
  • Criminal damage & arson21
  • Other theft13
  • Public order13

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Aldridge · West Midlands

Local policing priorities

  • Local priority - Issue: Reducing and preventing incidents of shop thefts providing local retailers and businesses with reassurance and ad…
  • Local priority - Issue: Speeding and racing of vehicles. Location: Queslett Road.

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

Road safety

2,296 reported road collisions (2024)

482 killed or seriously injured · 3,055 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

457 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 340 rated 4–5 ★ (271 top)
  • 20 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hamstead (3.3 km)
  • 69 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hamstead (3.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£234,150 average 2.2% YoY

Across Birmingham · to 2026-06

Detached£441,597
Semi-detached£274,447
Terraced£220,906
Flat£146,467

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,093 average monthly rent 2.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £825
  • 2 bed £997
  • 3 bed £1,127

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

Affordability

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (6.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)

57 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

61 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: MFG BP Great Barr (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches21
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

1,144,918 residents in Birmingham · 4,275/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 65%
  • 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 6 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

41% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,363 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (35% of 465,310)

A £1,575
B £1,838
C £2,100
D £2,363
E £2,888
F £3,413
G £3,938
H £4,726

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

Schools

512 schools · 207,780 pupils

289 primary · 83 secondary · 140 other

Ofsted: 179 of 203 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

437inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bishop Vesey's Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham EastOutstanding
  • Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, BirminghamOutstanding
  • King Edward VI Aston SchoolOutstanding
  • King Edward VI Camp Hill School for BoysOutstanding
  • King Edward VI Camp Hill School for GirlsOutstanding
  • Ark Boulton AcademyGood
  • Ark St Alban's AcademyGood
  • Aston University Engineering AcademyGood
  • Bartley Green SchoolGood
  • Birmingham Ormiston AcademyGood
  • Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth FormGood
  • Broadway AcademyGood
  • Cockshut Hill SchoolGood
  • Dame Elizabeth Cadbury SchoolGood
  • Erdington AcademyGood
  • FairfaxGood
  • Fortis AcademyGood
  • Hamstead Hall AcademyGood
  • Holte SchoolGood
  • Holy Trinity Catholic SchoolGood
  • Holyhead SchoolGood
  • King Edward VI Balaam Wood AcademyGood
  • King Edward VI Five Ways SchoolGood
  • King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for BoysGood
  • King Edward VI King's Norton School for BoysGood
  • King Edward VI Lordswood School for GirlsGood
  • King Edward VI Sheldon Heath AcademyGood
  • Kings Heath Secondary SchoolGood
  • Lift Four Dwellings SecondaryGood
  • Lift GreenwoodGood
  • Lordswood Boys' SchoolGood
  • Ninestiles, an AcademyGood
  • Prince Albert High SchoolGood
  • Queensbridge SchoolGood
  • Selly Park Girls' SchoolGood
  • Small Heath Leadership AcademyGood
  • St John Wall Catholic SchoolGood
  • Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for GirlsGood
  • The Arthur Terry SchoolGood

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Birmingham

Care & health services

1,225 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes282
  • GP practices239
  • Dentists230
  • Homecare agencies321
  • Hospitals & hospices49

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 11 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Birmingham

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

738 applications decided

83.2% granted · 614 granted, 124 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Wendy Morton

Conservative

Aldridge-Brownhills

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

  • Lab 15
  • Con 16
  • LD 12
  • Grn 18
  • Ref 22
  • Oth 18

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools12
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens7321
  • Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

44,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£708 median full-time weekly pay

10% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,205 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 576,359 certificates

19.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 26% · Imports 6% · Gas 5%

25 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.5 yrs women · 77.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58 women · 58.3 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aldridge-Brownhills:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Pheasey · 0.4 km

    Pheasey is a residential area of Walsall Metropolitan Borough in the West Midlands of England, often considered to be part of Great Barr. The area was predominantly developed for housing, as the Pheasey Estate, in the…

  • Queslett · 0.5 km

    Queslett is an area in the east Great Barr, on the border of Birmingham, and Aldridge, England. It sits between Pheasey, Kingstanding, Old Oscott and the central Great Barr area.

  • Lunar Society Moonstones · 0.6 km

    The Moonstones are a set of nine carved sandstone memorials to various members of the Lunar Society. Made in 1998, and unveiled in March 1999, they can be viewed in the grounds of the Asda supermarket in Queslett, Gre…

  • Barr Beacon School · 0.8 km

    Barr Beacon School, formerly Barr Beacon Language College, is a mixed secondary school in Walsall, England, which acquired Academy status in 2011, when it readopted the school's original name: Barr Beacon School. It t…

  • Great Barr Hall · 1.1 km

    Great Barr Hall is an 18th-century mansion situated in the Great Barr district of Pheasey, historically in Staffordshire and now part of Walsall, West Midlands, England. It has associations with the Lunar Society and…

  • Fortis Academy · 1.2 km

    Fortis Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in the Great Barr area of Birmingham, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Pheasey?
Pheasey is a town in West Midlands, England, in the Birmingham local authority.
How deprived is Pheasey?
The Birmingham local authority, which includes Pheasey, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.