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Great Bridge

Ward

North west Sandwell. About 15,657 people in 3.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 45% of people in Great Bridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
15,199
766th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
45%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Great Bridge compares

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

Great BridgeMiddle
Population24 wards, Sandwell · 2021
Population: every ward in Sandwell24 areas from 12,720 to 16,148. The middle area is 14,337. Great Bridge is 15,199.
15,1994th most 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%. Great Bridge is 45.0%.
45%6th fewest 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%. Great Bridge is 96.6%.
96.6%12th lowest
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%. Great Bridge is 6.1%.
6.1%10th lowest

Is Great Bridge safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Bridge at a rate of 113.7 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, 212 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Bridge.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (683), shoplifting (353) and other crime (301).

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 Bridge alone. See Sandwell

Average house price
£205,830
Down 0.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,029
19th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.2×
Joint 106th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
33.8
19th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Great Bridge in brief

Great Bridge had 15,199 usual residents at the census.

About 45% of people in Great Bridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Great Bridge, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Great Bridge, 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.