Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a town in the West Midlands, England, with a population of around 56,950. It has around 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and around 24 restaurants and cafés, with 60 bus stops and Stourbridge Town railway station 1 km away. The average sold house price is around £376,391, and there were around 188 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 Stourbridge area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Dudley area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 323,488 residents at roughly 3,302 people per km².
- Council
- Dudley
- County
- West Midlands
- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Police force
- West Midlands
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 172nd of 294 English council areas — better than 41% of them.
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
16°CLight rain
- Today: 20° / 11° · 74% rain
- Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:33
12h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom
Crime
265 reported · July 2026▲ 15% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences104
- Shoplifting60
- Public order25
- Vehicle crime25
11 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Stourbridge, Pedmore and Wollaston · West Midlands
Local policing priorities
- Homelessness / Begging - Stourbridge High Street
- Speeding ASB driving loud exhausts
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
396 reported road collisions (2024)
97 killed or seriously injured · 518 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 332 rated 4–5 ★ (247 top)
- 22 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Stourbridge Town (0.1 km)
- 70 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Stourbridge Town (0.1 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£230,781 average▲ 5% YoY
Across Dudley · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£853 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY
- 1 bed £608
- 2 bed £778
- 3 bed £937
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (11 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11 km)
40 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
43 charging locations within ~8 km
- 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 250 kW
- Nearest: Premier Inn, Stourbridge (0.2 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres2
- Gyms1
- Swimming pools2
- Sports pitches21
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds6
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
323,488 residents in Dudley · 3,302/km²
- Under 16: 19%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 20%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
More deprived than the average in England
Ranked 104 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£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
Schools
118 schools · 48,276 pupils
78 primary · 19 secondary · 21 other
Ofsted: 45 of 55 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)
107inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Beacon Hill AcademyGood
- Ellowes Hall Sports CollegeGood
- Redhill SchoolGood
- Ridgewood High SchoolGood
- St James AcademyGood
- The Dormston SchoolGood
- The Earls High SchoolGood
- The Link AcademyGood
- Pegasus AcademyRequires improvement
- Thorns Collegiate AcademyRequires improvement
- Bishop Milner Catholic College
- Kingswinford Academy
- Leasowes High School
- Old Swinford Hospital
- Summerhill School
- The Crestwood School
- The Pedmore High School
- The Wordsley School
- Windsor High School and Sixth Form
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dudley
Care & health services
284 CQC-registered services
- Care homes92
- GP practices45
- Dentists62
- Homecare agencies63
- Hospitals & hospices6
CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Dudley
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 54 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
214 applications decided
75.7% granted · 162 granted, 52 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Cat Eccles
Labour
Stourbridge
Recent votes:
- AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- AyeClosure motion
- NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative (minority)
- Lab 15
- Con 27
- LD 4
- Ref 23
- Oth 3
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools14
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies3
- Supermarkets5
- Parks & greens25
- Restaurants & cafés34
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
11,600 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
267 jobs advertised · £37,967 avg
e.g. Commis Chef - Stourbridge, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Roadside Mechanic in the area of Telford
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£707 median full-time weekly pay
4.6% 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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
97% low-carbon electricity
Wind 65% · Nuclear 20% · Solar 9% · Biomass 3%
11 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity
Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO
Health
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
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stourbridge:
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office351 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s297 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership295 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test232 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance185 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Stourbridge Interchange · 0.0 kmStourbridge Interchange is a bus station in Stourbridge, England, on the site of an earlier bus station. The bus station site partly occupies the location of the original Stourbridge railway station which was demolish…
Stourbridge Town railway station · 0.1 kmStourbridge Town is a railway station in the town of Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It is situated at the end of a short branch line linking the station with Stourbridge Junction, 0.8 miles away, where passenger…
Stourbridge Town Hall · 0.3 kmStourbridge Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Stourbridge Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
St Thomas' Church, Stourbridge · 0.3 kmSt Thomas' Church, Stourbridge, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Stourbridge, West Midlands County, England.
Stourbridge · 0.4 kmStourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, the town lies around 11 miles west of Birmingham, at the southwestern edge of the West Mid…
King Edward VI College, Stourbridge · 0.4 kmKing Edward VI College (KEDST) is a selective state sixth form centre located in Stourbridge, England, in the West Midlands area.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stourbridge?
- Stourbridge is a town in West Midlands, England, in the Dudley local authority.
- What is the population of Stourbridge?
- Stourbridge has an approximate settlement population of 56,950.
- How deprived is Stourbridge?
- The Dudley local authority, which includes Stourbridge, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.