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Kingshurst & Smith's Wood

Ward

North Solihull. About 17,371 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Kingshurst & Smith's Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
17,323
Joint 383rd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Kingshurst & Smith's Wood compares

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

Kingshurst & Smith's WoodMiddle
Population17 wards, Solihull · 2021
Population: every ward in Solihull17 areas from 9,505 to 17,323. The middle area is 12,839. Kingshurst & Smith's Wood is 17,323.
17,323most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Solihull · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Solihull17 areas from 0.0% to 32.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Kingshurst & Smith's Wood is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Solihull · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Solihull17 areas from 69.3% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.9%. Kingshurst & Smith's Wood is 98.4%.
98.4%7th highest
Claimant rate17 wards, Solihull · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Solihull17 areas from 1.3% to 7.4%. The middle area is 3.0%. Kingshurst & Smith's Wood is 7.1%.
7.1%2nd highest

Is Kingshurst & Smith's Wood safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kingshurst & Smith's Wood at a rate of 100.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 87.9 per 1,000 people across Solihull.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 144 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kingshurst & Smith's Wood.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (847), other crime (244) and criminal damage and arson (219).

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 Solihull

These figures are published for the whole of Solihull, not for each ward, so they describe all of Solihull and not Kingshurst & Smith's Wood alone. See Solihull

Average house price
£332,022
Up 0.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£46,896
31st highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.1×
Joint 167th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.0
124th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Kingshurst & Smith's Wood in brief

Kingshurst & Smith's Wood had 17,323 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Kingshurst & Smith's Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Kingshurst & Smith's Wood, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Kingshurst & Smith's Wood, 7.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.