Cradley Heath & Old Hill
WardSouth west Sandwell. About 15,074 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Cradley Heath & Old Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Cradley Heath & Old Hill compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cradley Heath & Old Hill safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cradley Heath & Old Hill at a rate of 91.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.1 per 1,000 people across Sandwell.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 109 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cradley Heath & Old Hill.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (644), other crime (195) and criminal damage and arson (126).
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 ward, so they describe all of Sandwell and not Cradley Heath & Old Hill alone. See Sandwell
Cradley Heath & Old Hill in brief
Cradley Heath & Old Hill had 14,412 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Cradley Heath & Old Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cradley Heath & Old Hill, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Cradley Heath & Old Hill, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.