Astwood Bank

6°CClear

• Today: 11° / 6° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:33

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

11 reported · August 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Burglary2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Redditch South West and Rural · West Mercia

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

55 reported road collisions (2025)

16 killed or seriously injured · 69 casualties · 6.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

65 food businesses within 2 miles

• 52 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Redditch (5.3 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£247,042 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across Redditch · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£976 average monthly rent▲ 11.1% YoY

• 1 bed £681
• 2 bed £881
• 3 bed £1,053

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

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,025 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: 157.9p · Esso (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra - Redditch (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

87,037 residents in Redditch · 1,604/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,626
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,794
• Net moves−168

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 148 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,463 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (32% of 37,950)

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

36 schools · 12,314 pupils

19 primary · 5 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 10 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Redditch

578 CQC-registered services

• Care homes181
• GP practices88
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

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

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

51 applications decided

94.1% granted · 48 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Chris Bloore

Labour

Redditch

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 13
• Con 4
• Ref 7
• Oth 3

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

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,385 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£713 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,696 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 36,627 certificates

12.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 21% · Imports 4%

190 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.6 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Worcestershire): 63.1 women · 63.3 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.1

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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in B96

• The Ridgeway Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Redditch:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing349 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND187 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills133 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks111 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

• 
  Astwood Bank · 0.2 km

  Astwood Bank is large village situated in Worcestershire, England, a borough of the town of Redditch and close to the Warwickshire border. Historically recognised as a global centre for the needle-making industry, the…

• Ridgeway Secondary School · 0.7 km

  Ridgeway Secondary School is a coeducational secondary school located in Astwood Bank in the English county of Worcestershire.

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  Sambourne · 1.7 km

  Sambourne, formerly spelled Sambourn, is a village and civil parish 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of Coughton, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Redditch, 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Stratford-upon-Avon and 20 miles (32…

• St Augustine's High School, Redditch · 1.8 km

  Saint Augustine's Catholic High School and Sixth Form is a Catholic High School in Hunt End in the town of Redditch, Worcestershire, England. The school was opened in 1974. The school converted to academy status on 1…

• Ham Green, Worcestershire · 1.8 km

  Ham Green is a hamlet outside Redditch, Worcestershire. It lies in between the villages of Feckenham, Callow Hill, Elcocks Brook & Cruise Hill. As of mid-2020, Redditch has a total population of 85568.

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  Ham Green Hoard · 1.8 km

  The Ham Green Hoard is a hoard of silver coins dating from between 1554 and 1661–62. It is in the collection of the Museums Worcestershire and is on display at The Commandery.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)