Rushall and Shelfield

9°CCloudy

• Today: 15° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 8° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:42

9h 41m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

65US AQI · Moderate

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

143 reported · August 2026▲ 47% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences69
• Vehicle crime18
• Criminal damage & arson16
• Public order9

Neighbourhood team: Brownhills · West Midlands

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)

453 food businesses within 2 miles

• 325 rated 4–5 ★ (236 top)
• 27 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Walsall (3.8 km)
• 54 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 (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.8 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

37 charging locations within ~8 km

• 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Heath Service Station (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds9

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
• 3 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

Wendy Morton

Conservative

Aldridge-Brownhills

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• Ref 37
• Oth 12

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4%

184 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in WS4

• Rushall Medical Centre
• Walsall Child Development Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aldridge-Brownhills:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules230 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth173 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND173 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Reform UK Bail Law: Require Passport Surrender for Serious Criminal Charges141 local signatures · 6,379 nationwide
• Fund routine screening for bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy.138 local signatures · 5,484 nationwide

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

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  Rushall, West Midlands · 0.6 km

  Rushall is a historic village in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands county of England. It is centred on the main road between Walsall and Lichfield. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book but has m…

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  Shelfield · 0.6 km

  Shelfield is a historic village in the borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, England. It is conjoined by the nearby suburbs of Walsall Wood and Rushall. The name Shelfield derives from the Anglo Saxon Skelfeld for…

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  High Heath · 0.8 km

  High Heath is an area of Shelfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands county of England. It is located to the northeast of Walsall and west of Aldridge. It is immediately adjoined to the villa…

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  Beacon Way · 0.9 km

  The Beacon Way is a long-distance walk of around 40 kilometres (25 mi) through the West Midlands county and Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England. It takes its name from Barr Beacon, a hill to the east of Walsall,…

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  Rushall railway station (England) · 1.1 km

  Rushall railway station was a station serving the villages of Blakenall Heath and Rushall in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England. It was on the South Staffordshire Line between Walsall and Lichfield.

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  Pelsall Villa F.C. · 1.2 km

  Pelsall Villa F.C. was a football club based in the village of Pelsall, near Walsall, West Midlands, England. The team kit consisted of black and red striped shirts, black shorts and black socks.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)