Royal Sutton Coldfield

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 6° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:32

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

209 reported · August 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences55
• Shoplifting42
• Vehicle crime30
• Criminal damage & arson23

Neighbourhood team: Sutton Vesey · West Midlands

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

2,307 reported road collisions (2025)

441 killed or seriously injured · 2,985 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 363 rated 4–5 ★ (303 top)
• 27 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Wylde Green (0.3 km)
• 39 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£234,867 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Birmingham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,099 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £830
• 2 bed £1,003
• 3 bed £1,134

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

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

8,752 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.1 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

42 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Manor Road Birmingham (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches43
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market opens tomorrow· 4 Nov 2026
• Working together to tackle child sexual exploitation· 4 Nov 2026
• Birmingham to host national Open Data Camp conference· 30 Oct 2026
• Cannon Street’s New Young Futures Hub opens in Birmingham city centre, putting young people at the heart of support, opportunity and connection· 29 Oct 2026
• New multi-use games area opens in Small Heath Park· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Birmingham Council

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK62,818
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK84,668
• Net moves−21,850

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 8 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

43% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,363 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

516 schools · 207,780 pupils

291 primary · 83 secondary · 142 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Birmingham

1,225 CQC-registered services

• Care homes284
• GP practices239
• Dentists231
• Homecare agencies316
• Hospitals & hospices49

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Birmingham

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

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

725 applications decided

82.3% granted · 597 granted, 128 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Andrew Mitchell

Conservative

Sutton Coldfield

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 14
• Con 16
• LD 12
• Grn 19
• Ref 22
• Oth 18

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6609
• Restaurants & cafés63

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

45,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£708 median full-time weekly pay

10.2% 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

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 24% · Imports 5%

159 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in B73

• Aqp Anticoag Sutton Park Surgery
• Aqp Anticoag Sutton Park

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sutton Coldfield:

• Reform UK Bail Law: Require Passport Surrender for Serious Criminal Charges503 local signatures · 6,379 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills223 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND176 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth139 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks135 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Wylde Green railway station · 0.2 km

  Wylde Green railway station is a railway station serving northern Wylde Green and Boldmere in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is on the Redditch/Bromsgrove-Birmingham New Street-Lichfield Cros…

• Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls · 0.7 km

  Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls is an 11–18 girls secondary grammar school and sixth form with academy status in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is a specialist Science College and a…

• Sutton Vesey (ward) · 0.8 km

  Sutton Vesey is one of the 69 electoral wards in Birmingham, England.

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  Driffold · 0.9 km

  Driffold is a small area of Sutton Coldfield in Birmingham, England. It forms the southeastern corner of Sutton Park around Wyndley Pool.

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  Boldmere · 0.9 km

  Boldmere is a suburb and residential area of Sutton Coldfield, City of Birmingham, England. It is bordered by New Oscott, Sutton Park, Wylde Green and Erdington, and is in the ward of Sutton Vesey.

• OpenStreetMap Foundation · 0.9 km

  The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a British non-profit organisation whose aim is to support and enable the development of freely-reusable geospatial data. Founded in 2006, it is closely connected with the OpenStreetMap…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)