Bearwood & Warley Woods

Sandwell · West Midlands · population 10,676 · 7 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,639 of 6,856 in England
  • #436 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #6 of 39 in Sandwell
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,669
Median age (est.)37
Density5,684per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above41%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 34%45–64 24%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 9%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Associate professional14%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 66%Asian: 15%Black: 9%Mixed: 7%Other: 4%
White 66%Asian 15%Black 9%Mixed 7%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 34% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 25%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bearwood & Warley Woods is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,639 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 39 in Sandwell. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (69) but weak on Living environment (4). Typical homes here sold for about £220,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 134 sales), in line with the wider Sandwell median of £218,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,678 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 112 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 27 · #4,982
Employment 38 · #4,234
Education 57 · #2,946
Health 40 · #4,091
Crime 29 · #4,879
Housing & access 69 · #2,137
Living environment 4 · #6,572

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · -1.6% yr · n=134
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,000134-1.6%+22.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£225,00024-15.1%+25.0%
Terraced£217,000103-2.1%+20.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£220,000
Sandwell£218,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£40,678±£5,838 · #3,220 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,516
Price-to-income ?5.4×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

112 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,195 offences
Sandwell100
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,266 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences436
Theft324
Burglary71
Vehicle crime117
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons91
Drugs24
Robbery31
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 75 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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