Wednesbury

6°CMist

• Today: 13° / 6° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:38

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

90US 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

285 reported · August 2026▲ 24% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences132
• Criminal damage & arson27
• Vehicle crime27
• Other theft20

Neighbourhood team: Wednesbury Town · West Midlands

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

600 reported road collisions (2025)

124 killed or seriously injured · 784 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 357 rated 4–5 ★ (259 top)
• 26 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Bescot Stadium (2.5 km)
• 63 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£207,065 average

Across Sandwell · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£953 average monthly rent▲ 8% YoY

• 1 bed £680
• 2 bed £851
• 3 bed £1,014

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

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,384 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 (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (2.6 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

65 charging locations within ~8 km

• 31 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Wednesbury Service Station (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Sandwell Remembrance Services and Parades 2026· 27 Oct 2026
• One year to go as new Haden Hill Leisure Centre reaches major construction milestones· 26 Oct 2026
• Sandwell Council approves new strategy to transform support for children and young people with SEND· 22 Oct 2026
• Black Country ready to embrace national changes to fostering· 20 Oct 2026
• Sandwell residents invited to have their say on council budget plans· 15 Oct 2026

Source: Sandwell Council

341,834 residents in Sandwell · 3,995/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,176
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK24,650
• Net moves−4,474

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 5 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,244 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (43% of 136,760)

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

133 schools · 62,586 pupils

93 primary · 22 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 49 of 55 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sandwell

331 CQC-registered services

• Care homes99
• GP practices50
• Dentists56
• Homecare agencies90
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sandwell

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

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

205 applications decided

86.8% granted · 178 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Antonia Bance

Labour

Tipton and Wednesbury

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 28
• Grn 2
• Ref 41
• Oth 1

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens168
• Restaurants & cafés38

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

182 jobs advertised · £38,659 avg

e.g. Promoter HP Wednesbury, School Unit Manager, Van Driver

Source: Adzuna

£671 median full-time weekly pay

6.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,273 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 152,657 certificates

18.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 36% · Nuclear 31% · Wind 24% · Imports 6%

145 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 76.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 51.3 women · 52.7 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

14 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in WS10

• The Village Medical Centre
• Oakeswell Health Centre
• Jubilee Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tipton and Wednesbury:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND126 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth116 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 95 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK93 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants69 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide

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

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  Wednesbury bus station · 0.1 km

  Wednesbury bus station is a bus interchange in the town of Wednesbury, in the West Midlands region of England.It is managed by Transport for West Midlands. Local bus services operated by various bus companies serve th…

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  Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery · 0.1 km

  Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery is a purpose-built Victorian art gallery in Wednesbury in the West Midlands of England. It is notable for its Ruskin Pottery collection and for hosting the first public display of the…

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  Wednesbury Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Wednesbury Town Hall is a municipal building in Holyhead Road in Wednesbury, West Midlands, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Wednesbury Borough Council, now operates as an events venue.

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  Wednesbury Central railway station · 0.3 km

  Wednesbury Central railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. It was opened as Wednesbury in 1854 and was one of two stations serving We…

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  Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop · 0.3 km

  Wednesbury Great Western Street tram stop is a tram stop in Wednesbury, Sandwell, England. It was opened on 31 May 1999 and is situated on West Midlands Metro Line 1. The stop is next to the West Midlands Metro tram d…

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  Wednesbury · 0.3 km

  Wednesbury is a market town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands, England; it was historically in Staffordshire. It is located near the source of the River Tame and is part of the Black Country…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)