Wolverhampton

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 16° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:30

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

727 reported · July 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences328
• Shoplifting87
• Public order60
• Criminal damage & arson59

80 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wolverhampton City Centre · West Midlands

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

358 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 467 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 409 rated 4–5 ★ (326 top)
• 35 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Wolverhampton (0.3 km)
• 128 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£216,668 average▲ 8.2% YoY

Across Wolverhampton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£942 average monthly rent▲ 11.1% YoY

• 1 bed £671
• 2 bed £839
• 3 bed £1,006

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

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.9 km)

49 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 34 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Hotel Novotel Wolverhampton (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms5
• Sports pitches42
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Advice for parents as seasonal illnesses begin to rise· 11 Sept 2026
• Donate your spare phone chargers and help power our appeal to bridge digital divide· 11 Sept 2026
• Council welcomes its latest group of Frontline social workers· 11 Sept 2026
• Power of partnerships in focus during Wolverhampton Business Week 2026· 10 Sept 2026
• Applications now open for 2027 secondary school places· 10 Sept 2026

Source: Wolverhampton Council

263,726 residents in Wolverhampton · 3,798/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 19 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,539 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 114,190)

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

127 schools · 52,834 pupils

72 primary · 20 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 37 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

112inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wolverhampton

310 CQC-registered services

• Care homes74
• GP practices36
• Dentists46
• Homecare agencies137
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wolverhampton

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

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

169 applications decided

91.1% granted · 154 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Warinder Juss

Labour

Wolverhampton West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 35
• Con 9
• Ref 13
• Oth 3

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens101
• Restaurants & cafés125

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,630 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,052 jobs advertised · £40,176 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician, Roadside Technician - Walsall, Roadside Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

6.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,493 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 · 118,439 certificates

18.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Solar 18% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 5%

216 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.4 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.6 women · 59.2 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wolverhampton West:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s298 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership289 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office282 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test166 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership140 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)