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Greets Green & Lyng

Ward

Central Sandwell. About 14,646 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 90% of people in Greets Green & Lyng live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,943
1,056th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
90%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
8.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Greets Green & Lyng compares

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

Greets Green & LyngMiddle
Population24 wards, Sandwell · 2021
Population: every ward in Sandwell24 areas from 12,720 to 16,148. The middle area is 14,337. Greets Green & Lyng is 13,943.
13,9439th 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%. Greets Green & Lyng is 90.0%.
90%10th 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%. Greets Green & Lyng is 95.9%.
95.9%8th 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%. Greets Green & Lyng is 8.5%.
8.5%3rd highest

Is Greets Green & Lyng safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Greets Green & Lyng at a rate of 127.0 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, 137 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Greets Green & Lyng.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (856), other crime (360) and criminal damage and arson (155).

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 Greets Green & Lyng 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
Greets Green & Lyng in brief

Greets Green & Lyng had 13,943 usual residents at the census.

About 90% of people in Greets Green & Lyng live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Greets Green & Lyng, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Greets Green & Lyng, 8.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.