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Friar Park & Stone Cross

Ward

North Sandwell. About 13,713 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Friar Park & Stone Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,453
1,173rd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Friar Park & Stone Cross compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Friar Park & Stone CrossMiddle
Population24 wards, Sandwell · 2021
Population: every ward in Sandwell24 areas from 12,720 to 16,148. The middle area is 14,337. Friar Park & Stone Cross is 13,453.
13,4535th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Sandwell · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Sandwell24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.0%. Friar Park & Stone Cross is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Sandwell · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Sandwell24 areas from 88.6% to 99.7%. The middle area is 96.7%. Friar Park & Stone Cross is 98.6%.
98.6%5th highest
Claimant rate24 wards, Sandwell · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Sandwell24 areas from 4.6% to 9.7%. The middle area is 6.5%. Friar Park & Stone Cross is 7.0%.
7.0%8th highest

Is Friar Park & Stone Cross safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Friar Park & Stone Cross at a rate of 81.3 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, 99 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Friar Park & Stone Cross.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (630), other crime (224) and criminal damage and arson (157).

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 Friar Park & Stone Cross alone. See Sandwell

Average house price
£207,065
No change in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,029
19th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.3×
Joint 114th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
33.8
19th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Friar Park & Stone Cross in brief

Friar Park & Stone Cross had 13,453 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Friar Park & Stone Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Friar Park & Stone Cross, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Friar Park & Stone Cross, 7.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.