Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree
WardNorth east Sandwell. About 13,442 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree at a rate of 64.7 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, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (422), vehicle crime (130) and other crime (118).
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 Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree alone. See Sandwell
Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree in brief
Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree had 13,504 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree, 88.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.