Tipton

15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 9° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:37

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

339 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences148
• Shoplifting39
• Criminal damage & arson27
• Public order26

19 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Tipton Town · West Midlands

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

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 365 rated 4–5 ★ (251 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Tipton (0.2 km)
• 66 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£230,781 average▲ 5% YoY

Across Dudley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (2.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (2.5 km)

67 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

92 charging locations within ~8 km

• 42 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Black Country Living Museum (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches32
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

323,488 residents in Dudley · 3,302/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dudley

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

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

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

214 applications decided

75.7% granted · 162 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Antonia Bance

Labour

Tipton and Wednesbury

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 15
• Con 27
• LD 4
• Ref 23
• Oth 3

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens236
• Restaurants & cafés38

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

184 jobs advertised · £35,632 avg

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Night Nurse, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 62% · Nuclear 15% · Gas 15% · Imports 5%

62 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tipton and Wednesbury:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s371 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office356 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership234 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test204 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance183 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  The Elite Church · 0.0 km

  The Elite Church, formerly the Church of St Martin and St Paul, is a church in Tipton, West Midlands, England.

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  Tipton railway station · 0.1 km

  Tipton railway station is located in the industrial town of Tipton in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England and was known as Tipton Owen Street until 1968. It is situated on the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford bra…

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  Boat Gauging House, Tipton · 0.4 km

  The Boat Gauging House is a building in Tipton, West Midlands, England. It is situated by the Main Line of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and was used for calibrating new canal boats in order later to ascertain the…

• Battle of Tipton Green · 0.5 km

  The Battle of Tipton Green was an indecisive engagement fought during the First English Civil War in the area of Tipton Green, about one mile from Dudley Castle on 12 June 1644. The battle occurred when Royalist troop…

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  Tipton Green · 0.5 km

  Tipton Green Village is the central area of Tipton, a town in the West Midlands of England. It was heavily developed for heavy industry and housing during the 19th century, as Tipton was one of the most significant to…

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  Victoria Park, Tipton · 0.6 km

  Victoria Park is a public park situated in Tipton, West Midlands, England. It is Grade II listed with the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)