Sandwell 028E
NeighbourhoodSouth east Sandwell. 2,366 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Sandwell 028E is in decile 1.
How Sandwell 028E compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sandwell 028E safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sandwell 028E at a rate of 105.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 90.9 per 1,000 people across Smethwick South.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sandwell 028E.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (132), other crime (49) and criminal damage and arson (23).
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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Sandwell and not Sandwell 028E alone. See Sandwell
Sandwell 028E in brief
Sandwell 028E has a deprivation score of 50.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Sandwell 028E had 2,116 usual residents at the census.
In Sandwell 028E, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Sandwell 028E, 8.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.