Smethwick
WardSouth east Sandwell. About 15,486 people in 2.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 37% of people in Smethwick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Smethwick compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Smethwick safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Smethwick at a rate of 80.2 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, 105 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Smethwick.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (604), other crime (181) and vehicle crime (103).
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 Smethwick alone. See Sandwell
Smethwick in brief
Smethwick had 14,739 usual residents at the census.
About 37% of people in Smethwick live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Smethwick, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Smethwick, 7.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.