Hopwood

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Overcast

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

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

19 reported · July 2026▲ 58% YoY

• Other theft8
• Shoplifting3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Vehicle crime2

2 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Alvechurch and Wythall · West Mercia

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

137 reported road collisions (2024)

35 killed or seriously injured · 186 casualties · 13.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

191 food businesses within 2 miles

• 137 rated 4–5 ★ (118 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barnt Green (2.5 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£339,163 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Bromsgrove · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£985 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £713
• 2 bed £893
• 3 bed £1,084

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

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.8 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Hopwood Park Supercharger (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• More Responses Sought· 4 Sept 2026
• Step Inside Local History with Heritage Open Days· 3 Sept 2026
• Striding Into September· 26 Aug 2026
• Help Shape Future Improvements to Skateparks· 26 Aug 2026
• Taking the Ache Out of Arthritis· 25 Aug 2026

Source: Bromsgrove Council

99,183 residents in Bromsgrove · 457/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 271 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,479 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 43,180)

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

43 schools · 18,149 pupils

25 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bromsgrove

579 CQC-registered services

• Care homes180
• GP practices90
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

• Within the Green Belt
• 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

115 applications decided

94.8% granted · 109 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Bradley Thomas

Conservative

Bromsgrove

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 11
• LD 6
• Oth 8

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

22 jobs advertised · £34,067 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£843 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,466 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,698 certificates

11.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 27% · Wind 25% · Gas 21% · Biomass 20%

109 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bromsgrove:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office475 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership364 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s308 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test296 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership237 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Hopwood, Worcestershire · 0.2 km

  Hopwood is a village in the civil parish of Alvechurch, in the Bromsgrove district, in Worcestershire, England, located south of Birmingham, on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The village developed around an inn,…

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  Hopwood Park services · 0.9 km

  Hopwood Park services is a motorway service station in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England situated off Junction 2 of the M42 motorway on the A441 road to Redditch south of Birmingham. It opened in August 1999. Servic…

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  Bittell Reservoirs · 0.9 km

  The Bittell Reservoirs are located in Worcestershire between Barnt Green to the south and the Birmingham district of Longbridge to the north. They consist of the Upper and Lower reservoir. They were built to feed the…

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  St Michael and All Angels' Church, Cofton Hackett · 1.5 km

  St Michael and All Angels' Church, Cofton Hackett is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Worcestershire.

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  Cofton Hall · 1.8 km

  Cofton Hall is a country house on the Lickey Hills near Cofton Hackett, in the Bromsgrove District of north east Worcestershire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

• Alvechurch Church of England Middle School · 1.8 km

  Alvechurch Church of England Middle School is a coeducational Church of England middle school located in the village of Alvechurch in Worcestershire, England. As of 2020 it had around 430 pupils from ages 9 to 13.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)