# Cradley Heath Town in Sandwell, West Midlands. Cradley Heath is a town in Sandwell, West Midlands. Median sale price £216,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 93.0 per 1,000 people. About 19,643 people. Town. Code E63002919. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) Cradley Heath is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Cradley Heath add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £216,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Cradley Heath was £216,000 in 2025. Joint 298th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/cradley-heath#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 18,819** (2021). Cradley Heath had 18,819 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 578th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/cradley-heath#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Cradley Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/cradley-heath#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.7%** (January 2026). In Cradley Heath, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/cradley-heath#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002919) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Cradley Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63002919) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 202 homes were sold in Cradley Heath in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002919) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Cradley Heath. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002919) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Cradley Heath had 18,819 usual residents at the census. ## How Cradley Heath compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Cradley Heath | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £216,000 | joint 17th cheapest | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 18,819 | 35th least populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.7% | joint 20th highest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Cradley Heath safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cradley Heath at a rate of 93.0 per 1,000 people. That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 156 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cradley Heath. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (919), other crime (297) and criminal damage and arson (157). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Cradley Heath was 97.4 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Deprivation in Cradley Heath, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Cradley Heath has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Cradley Heath | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Sandwell 035A](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01009933) | 1,422 | 74.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% | | [Sandwell 035B](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01009952) | 2,185 | 108.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% | | [Sandwell 035C](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01009955) | 2,329 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% | | [Sandwell 035D](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01009956) | 1,643 | 134.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% | | [Sandwell 035E](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01009959) | 1,430 | 21.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% | | [Sandwell 035F](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01010042) | 1,875 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.3% | | [Sandwell 038A](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01009953) | 2,094 | 173.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% | | [Sandwell 038B](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01009954) | 1,851 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.0% | | [Sandwell 038C](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01009957) | 1,850 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% | | [Sandwell 038D](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/neighbourhood/e01009958) | 1,582 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.5% | ## Your MP - [Halesowen](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/halesowen): Alex Ballinger (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) ## Postcode districts covering Cradley Heath [B64](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b64) ## Middle areas in Cradley Heath [Cradley Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/cradley-heath), [Old Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell/old-hill) ## Towns near Cradley Heath [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dudley), [Rowley Regis](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rowley-regis), [Halesowen](https://openindex.co.uk/town/halesowen), [Brierley Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierley-hill), [Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stourbridge), [Oldbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oldbury) ## Cradley Heath in brief Cradley Heath is a town in Sandwell, West Midlands. About 19,643 people lived in Cradley Heath in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £216,000 in 2025 across 202 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 93.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Cradley Heath was £216,000 in 2025. Cradley Heath had 18,819 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Cradley Heath live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Cradley Heath, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002919 - Constituency: [Halesowen †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/halesowen) - Council: [Sandwell †](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) - Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.68 km² - People, mid-2024: 19,643* - Neighbourhoods: 10 - Output areas: 58 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Halesowen](https://openindex.co.uk/town/halesowen), [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dudley), [Rowley Regis](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rowley-regis), [Brierley Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierley-hill), [Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stourbridge), [Oldbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oldbury) ## Latest updates for Cradley Heath - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002919 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/cradley-heath, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/cradley-heath#f-house-sales-median-price. 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