Bearwood & Warley Woods
Sandwell · West Midlands · population 10,676 · 7 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #4,639 of 6,856 in England
- #436 of 736 in West Midlands
- #6 of 39 in Sandwell
- More deprived (bottom 40%)
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 27% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 27% |
| Associate professional | 14% |
| Elementary | 12% |
| Managers & directors | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 9% |
| Administrative | 8% |
| Skilled trades | 8% |
| Sales & customer service | 6% |
| Process & plant | 6% |
Ethnic group
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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £220,000 | 134 | -1.6% | +22.2% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=3) | |||
| Semi-detached | £225,000 | 24 | -15.1% | +25.0% |
| Terraced | £217,000 | 103 | -2.1% | +20.6% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=4) | |||
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Household income
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 ?
- #2,463 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #5,266 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 436 |
| Theft | 324 |
| Burglary | 71 |
| Vehicle crime | 117 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 82 |
| Public order & weapons | 91 |
| Drugs | 24 |
| Robbery | 31 |
| Other | 19 |
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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Sandwell
- Great Barr67
- Warley South60
- Hamstead West42
- Hamstead East38
- Rowley West37
- Charlemont32
- Langley Green28
- Brandhall27
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Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
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