West Bromwich Central
WardEast Sandwell. About 13,770 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in West Bromwich Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Bromwich Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Bromwich Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Bromwich Central at a rate of 233.4 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, 244 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Bromwich Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,187), other crime (499) and shoplifting (366).
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 West Bromwich Central alone. See Sandwell
West Bromwich Central in brief
West Bromwich Central had 12,758 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in West Bromwich Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Bromwich Central, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Bromwich Central, 8.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.