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In West Midlands, this large town has 31,976 residents. 42% of households own their home outright.
Sedgley’s weakest is safety: 32 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 19 home and vehicle crimes. Among UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 38%. Its overall grade, C, puts it better than 32% of UK towns. It ranks #13 of 35 in West Midlands. Health is a weak point: life expectancy is 79.5 for men and 83.9 for women. Where it does best is cost of living: a typical home costs £239,975 and rent runs £859 a month.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy, ONS.
The 3 things Sedgley does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Sedgley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Sedgley’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Sedgley. Best known first.
CastleDudley Castle2 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumWolverhampton Art Gallery3.3 km outside town, to the north · 159K visitors a year
MuseumBlack Country Living Museum2.1 km outside town, to the east
MuseumBantock House3.2 km outside town, to the north
Abbey or prioryPriory Ruins1.6 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumBliston Craft Gallery and Library3.4 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sedgley.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 7% of the total, near West Midlands’ towns (7%) and lower than England’s towns (16%). Grade II* covers 1 of them.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
GCSE results at the town’s 2 secondary schools: 43% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 42.9. St Chad's Catholic Primary School’s results beat 93% of schools in England like it. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 7 primary schools: 60% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Of its 9 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 626 | C+ |
| The Dormston SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,128 | C+ |
| St Chad's Catholic Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 238 | A |
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Sedgley logged 2,070 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 99 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violence and sexual offences made up 45% of the total. There were 5.6 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below both West Midlands’ towns (6.2) and England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
16% of residents are children under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, lower than both West Midlands’ towns (14%) and England’s towns (12%). The middle age in Sedgley is 45.7.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Sedgley | West Midlands | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 20% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 16% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 4.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 28% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Midlands and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Households that own their home make up 71%. Behind the median of £239,975: 978 standard sales inside Sedgley’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. 18% of households rent from a council or housing body.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £339,000 | 256 |
| Semi-detached | £237,250 | 426 |
| Terraced | £205,000 | 228 |
| Flat or maisonette | £127,000 | 68 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
A fifth of residents in Sedgley live with a disability. 3 GP practices serve the town; nearly nine in ten patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 6.2% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Sedgley | West Midlands | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.2% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Work in town: 8% of resident commuters. 87% of commuters drove, above both West Midlands’ towns (73%) and England’s towns (70%). Also worth knowing: in 2026, 3.9% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
23 listed buildings in Sedgley.
Ruiton Windmill: Photo: FatBadgerKilo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tipton Street Methodist Chapel and Sunday School: Photo: Fitzsimons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Court House Inn Public House: Photo: John M · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dormston House: Photo: Fitzsimons · CC BY-SA 4.0
18 notable people were born in Sedgley.
Brian Berry: Ybargal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lorely Burt: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0 · George Bowerman: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sue Lawley: Amplified Group, Laura Kidd, CC BY 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgley | 31,976 | — | C | B+ | C− | C |
| Coseley | 25,206 | 1.5 | C− | A− | C− | D |
| Dudley | 64,277 | 2.1 | C− | A | D− | D |
| Tipton | 47,202 | 2.9 | D− | C− | D | D− |
| Kingswinford | 51,900 | 3 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C |
| Wombourne | 12,810 | 3 | B+ | B | B− | B− |
| Bilston | 34,631 | 3.3 | D− | C− | D− | D− |
| Swindon | 1,134 | 3.5 | — | C+ | C | B |
Swindon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
About the middle for its size: 62% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C−.
Band D council tax in Sedgley is £2,149 for 2026–27, less than in 84% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Large town in West Midlands, England
Sedgley is a built-up area of 31,976 people, in the Dudley council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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