Is Smethwick a good place to live?

Smethwick at a glance

Smethwick is in Sandwell, West Midlands, England. Flats sold for a median £105,000, compared with £210,500 across all property types (12 months to July 2026). Gigabit-capable broadband was available to 95.5% of premises (January 2026). Whether it suits you comes down to the home and neighbourhood: compare the property you can afford, the schools relevant to your household and the checks needed at the exact address.

Median sold price

£210,500

240 recorded sales

Recorded incidents

114.4

per 1,000 residents

Gigabit availability

95.5%

of premises

Sources and periods vary by measure. See the source register · How we use the data

Where is Smethwick, and who lives here?

Smethwick is in Sandwell, West Midlands, England.

The mapped town had 56,343 residents in Census 2021. This describes the town area, rather than the wider council area.

Office for National Statistics · ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025. Source details

Office for National Statistics · Census 2021, BUA24 geography; released May 2026. Source details

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How much do homes sell for in Smethwick?

The median recorded sold price in Smethwick is £210,500, based on 240 transactions in the published 12-month window. This is not a current asking-price estimate or a measure of affordability relative to income.

For a nearby reference, Oldbury (Sandwell)’s median was £226,000 across 296 sales—£15,500 above Smethwick in the same source period. These are different mixes of homes, not a like-for-like valuation. See nearby comparisons

Median recorded sale

£210,500

Recorded sales in the period

240

Property-type samples may be smaller still. The mix of homes sold affects medians; these are not like-for-like valuations.

HM Land Registry · 12 months to July 2026. Source details

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Is Smethwick safe? What the crime data shows

Kerbside does not classify Smethwick as safe or unsafe. The published 12-month Police.uk dataset records 114.4 incidents per 1,000 residents, including antisocial behaviour. Reporting, policing, visitor numbers and the source coverage all affect the figure.

The categories shown are a selection, not the whole total. The rate uses the recorded source denominator above, not the newer Census count. Town-wide rates hide differences between streets and neighbourhoods.

Home Office / Police.uk · July 2025 to June 2026 · 12 months. Source details

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How are schools rated in Smethwick?

70 of 73 schools with a recorded overall grade have a Good or Outstanding grade (95.9%). These are historical grades from inspections between 2013 and 2024, not new inspections in the source-download year.

A historical grade does not establish catchment eligibility, available places or suitability for a particular child. Source extraction dates are not inspection dates.

Department for Education · Historical overall grades 2009–2024 · GIAS 2026-09-01 + Ofsted 2026-07-31. Source details

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What flood risk is mapped in Smethwick?

0.56% of Smethwick’s mapped land is in Flood Zone 3. Flood Zone 2 excluding Zone 3 covers 0.72%. Separately, 5.36% has at least a 1% annual chance of surface-water flooding in the source model. These are land-area measures, not a property-level assessment; do not add the two models together.

River and sea planning zones

Environment Agency · Flood Map for Planning Flood Zones, revision 20 May 2026. Source details

Surface-water flooding

Environment Agency · NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509. Source details

Land coverage is not the percentage of homes expected to flood. Areas outside mapped bands are not guaranteed flood-free. Check the actual address before a purchase.

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What broadband is available?

Availability is not measured speed or a guarantee of a particular package. Ofcom’s “decent broadband” measure is at least 10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload.

Ofcom · January 2026. Source details

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How energy-efficient are homes in Smethwick?

The dataset includes 10,903 domestic properties with a usable latest certificate. 42.2% are rated C or above.

The latest certificate per property within the source’s ten-year validity window is used. These are assessed properties, not every home. Emissions are estimates, not measured household use.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG domestic EPC register August 2026. Source details

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Planning activity and local heritage

What do planning figures show?

The Sandwell local planning authority received 927 applications in the published annual period. 86.4% of recorded decisions were approvals.

These are local-authority totals, not applications inside the town boundary. Approval rates use decisions as their denominator, not applications received. They do not predict approval for an individual proposal.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG PS1/PS2 year to Mar 2026. Source details

Listed buildings

There are 29 listed-building records mapped to the town.

For a particular property, check the official listing and the council’s conservation-area boundaries. A town count does not establish whether an address is designated.

Historic England · Listed buildings Sep 2026; conservation areas Jul 2025. Source details

Air quality and deprivation

What does the air-quality model show?

An annual background estimate is not today’s air quality or pollution beside a particular road. It cannot establish an individual’s exposure.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Defra PCM 2024. Source details

How should deprivation data be read?

Lower deciles indicate greater relative deprivation. The town mean is not an official national town rank or a judgement about individual residents; conditions vary within each town.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (corrected v2). Source details

Which towns are near Smethwick?

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Distances describe geographic proximity, not a road journey or a public-transport connection. Price comparisons use the same published source period and require at least 20 sales; a dash means no eligible comparison, not a zero price.

Office for National Statistics · ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025. Source details

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Where the data comes from

Dates below distinguish the period represented by the data from when the source was collected and published here. How we use these sources