West Bromwich
TownTown in Sandwell, West Midlands.
West Bromwich is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for West Bromwich 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in West Bromwich live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Bromwich compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Bromwich safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Bromwich at a rate of 108.2 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, 943 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Bromwich.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (5,274), other crime (1,975) and vehicle crime (1,111).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in West Bromwich was 108.7 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 West Bromwich, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so West Bromwich has no single figure. Of its 57 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 21 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in West Bromwich
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwell 002A | 2,125 | 78.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| Sandwell 002B | 1,819 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.1% |
| Sandwell 002C | 1,709 | 97.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Sandwell 002D | 2,402 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Sandwell 004A | 1,363 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Sandwell 004B | 1,372 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 004C | 1,628 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Sandwell 004D | 1,352 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 006A | 1,535 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 27.0% |
| Sandwell 006B | 1,919 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 61.7% |
| Sandwell 006C | 1,681 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.9% |
| Sandwell 006D | 1,694 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 010A | 2,358 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Sandwell 010B | 1,772 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Sandwell 010C | 1,622 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.4% |
| Sandwell 010D | 1,640 | 106.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 010E | 1,801 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Sandwell 010F | 2,171 | 110.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Sandwell 011A | 1,648 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Sandwell 011B | 1,485 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Sandwell 011C | 1,756 | 108.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.1% |
| Sandwell 011D | 1,438 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Sandwell 012A | 1,373 | 159.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.2% |
| Sandwell 012B | 1,450 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Sandwell 012C | 1,340 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| Sandwell 012D | 1,655 | 80.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.0% |
| Sandwell 013A | 1,617 | 126.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Sandwell 013B | 1,677 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 013C | 2,094 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.2% |
| Sandwell 013D | 1,884 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.7% |
| Sandwell 013E | 1,821 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 013F | 2,033 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.5% |
| Sandwell 016C | 2,041 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Sandwell 017A | 2,393 | 86.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.5% |
| Sandwell 017B | 1,802 | 86.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Sandwell 017C | 1,953 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.6% |
| Sandwell 017D | 2,234 | 168.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.6% |
| Sandwell 017E | 1,756 | 141.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Sandwell 017F | 1,654 | 103.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Sandwell 018A | 2,068 | 214.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| Sandwell 018C | 1,817 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| Sandwell 018F | 1,522 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.3% |
| Sandwell 018G | 1,950 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| Sandwell 019A | 1,682 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 019B | 1,483 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 019C | 1,979 | 286.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.5% |
| Sandwell 019D | 1,917 | 462.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.6% |
| Sandwell 020A | 2,830 | 151.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| Sandwell 020B | 2,060 | 142.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| Sandwell 020C | 1,883 | 253.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.7% |
| Sandwell 020D | 2,186 | 256.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.2% |
| Sandwell 039A | 1,812 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Sandwell 039B | 1,494 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 039C | 1,613 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.6% |
| Sandwell 039D | 1,718 | 127.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| Sandwell 039E | 2,267 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.7% |
| Sandwell 039F | 1,786 | 118.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
Your MP
- Sarah CoombesLabourMP for West Bromwich
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering West Bromwich6
Middle areas in West Bromwich12
Towns near West Bromwich6
West Bromwich in brief
West Bromwich is a town in Sandwell, West Midlands.
About 107,437 people lived in West Bromwich in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £230,000 in 2025 across 749 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 108.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in West Bromwich was £230,000 in 2025.
West Bromwich had 103,099 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in West Bromwich live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Bromwich, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.