Solihull

21°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 12° · 81% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:31

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

239 reported · July 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences71
• Shoplifting54
• Criminal damage & arson27
• Public order21

21 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: St Alphege and Blythe · West Midlands

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

247 reported road collisions (2024)

62 killed or seriously injured · 340 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

333 food businesses within 2 miles

• 301 rated 4–5 ★ (271 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Solihull (0.5 km)
• 56 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£334,966 average▲ 4.2% YoY

Across Solihull · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,269 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £851
• 2 bed £1,057
• 3 bed £1,252

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (5.6 km)

35 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

85 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Lode Lane (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches38
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

216,239 residents in Solihull · 1,213/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 206 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,197 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 95,980)

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

91 schools · 41,037 pupils

59 primary · 15 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 32 of 36 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

84inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Solihull

242 CQC-registered services

• Care homes63
• GP practices34
• Dentists52
• Homecare agencies58
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Solihull

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

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

225 applications decided

93.3% granted · 210 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

Conservative

Solihull West and Shirley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 25
• LD 6
• Grn 4
• Ref 16

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics10
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés62

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,499 jobs advertised · £41,680 avg

e.g. Market Research Interviewer – Car Required – Full Time, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Care Assistant - Bank

Source: Adzuna

£899 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,713 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 95,331 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 67% · Solar 15% · Nuclear 14% · Gas 3%

11 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.9 women · 63.2 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Solihull West and Shirley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office461 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s374 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership267 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test257 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership160 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  St Augustine of England Church, Solihull · 0.0 km

  St Augustine of England Church or St Augustine's Church is a Catholic parish church in Solihull, West Midlands, England. It was built from 1838 to 1839, eleven years before the reestablishment of the Catholic dioceses…

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  Touchwood, Solihull · 0.2 km

  Touchwood is a shopping centre in Solihull, West Midlands, England.

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  Old Council House, Solihull · 0.2 km

  The Old Council House is a former municipal building in Poplar Road, Solihull, West Midlands, England. The town hall, which was the meeting place of Solihull Borough Council, is now a public house.

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  Solihull · 0.2 km

  Solihull is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands county, England. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe in the Forest of Arden area. The town had a population of 126,577 at the…

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  St Alphege Church, Solihull · 0.5 km

  St Alphege Church, Solihull, is a medieval parish church in the Church of England in Solihull, West Midlands.

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  Solihull railway station · 0.5 km

  Solihull railway station serves the market town of Solihull in the West Midlands of England. The station is served by West Midlands Trains and Chiltern Railways.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)