Sandwell 023G
NeighbourhoodSouth east Sandwell. 2,426 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.9 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Sandwell 023G is in decile 1.
How Sandwell 023G compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sandwell 023G safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sandwell 023G at a rate of 122.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.7 per 1,000 people across Smethwick North & West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 35 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sandwell 023G.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (126), other crime (63) and shoplifting (36).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Sandwell
These figures are published for the whole of Sandwell, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Sandwell and not Sandwell 023G alone. See Sandwell
Sandwell 023G in brief
Sandwell 023G has a deprivation score of 47.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Sandwell 023G had 2,270 usual residents at the census.
In Sandwell 023G, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Sandwell 023G, 10.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.