West Chadsmoor
Suburb · 15 residents
54Fair
Fair · better than 3 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- 100% of residents live within five minutes of a park
- 97% of homes can get full-fibre broadband
- Property market scores 72, well above the typical 60
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- Food & drink scores 15, below the typical 60
- Health scores 33, below the typical 60
- Schools scores 37, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around West Chadsmoor
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Is West Chadsmoor a good place to live?
West Chadsmoor scores 54/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (79) and infrastructure (72).
It scores lowest on food & drink (15) and health (33).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for West Chadsmoor in West Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of West Chadsmoor
Streets here are mostly semis and a scattering of detached houses, the kind of terraces that housebuilders put up for Cannock's overspill decades ago rather than anything built to impress — solid, unshowy, and clearly aimed at people who want a garden and a driveway rather than a scene. It's a place people settle in rather than pass through.
The numbers back that up. A For Sale board on one of these streets is almost always advertising a freehold semi, and the sales mix here — a handful of semis and detacheds, one terrace, everything freehold — tells you this is a street of owner-occupiers rather than a churn of rental flats. At a median sale price of £220,000, it sits only a touch above the Cannock Chase average, and comfortably below the regional and national medians, which is part of the appeal if you're stretching to buy rather than rent — median rents here run noticeably below both the West Midlands and national figures too. The one named secondary in the data, Staffordshire University Academy, is rated Good, though its progress 8 score is well below zero, worth a proper look if you've got teenagers rather than toddlers — this is a place better suited to those not yet worrying about GCSE league tables.
Green space is generous relative to population density here, and full-fibre broadband reaches the vast majority of homes, so the working-from-home crowd isn't roughing it even if the nightlife rating is modest — this reads as a place for a quiet pint rather than a night out. Day to day, you're looking at a fairly ordinary suburban rhythm: dog walks, DIY, kids' clubs, not a place built around restaurants or destination venues. Crime is dominated by violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour, which make up the bulk of local incidents, and the safety grade sits mid-table alongside similarly solid marks for housing and connectivity — nothing here jumps out as alarming, but it's not a standout either, and the trend is flat rather than improving. The overall picture is a place slightly better off than the national average on the deprivation measure, comfortably connected, reasonably green, and priced for people who want space over spectacle. It suits those who've already decided that a quiet, unglamorous, well-connected suburb is what they're after, and who won't mind that the shine here is practical rather than polished.