Yew Tree & Tamebridge

Sandwell · West Midlands · population 8,087 · 4 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,208 of 6,856 in England
  • #494 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #12 of 39 in Sandwell
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,052
Median age (est.)36
Density4,683per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above27%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 26%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 17%Other: 15%
One person 24%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 17%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary14%
Associate professional12%
Process & plant11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 53%Asian: 30%Black: 9%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 53%Asian 30%Black 9%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 37% · No religion 26% · Sikh 17%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

Yew Tree & Tamebridge is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,208 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 39 in Sandwell. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (53) and lowest on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here, about £212,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 32% in five years (from 54 sales), in line with the wider Sandwell median of £218,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,939 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 60 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 20 · #5,455
Employment 23 · #5,297
Education 33 · #4,618
Health 26 · #5,078
Crime 32 · #4,646
Housing & access 14 · #5,907
Living environment 53 · #3,193

House prices ?

£212,500median (12m) · +4.7% yr · n=54
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£212,50054+4.7%+31.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£224,50032+4.9%+40.3%
Terraced£201,00018+9.2%+40.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£212,500
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)£35,939±£5,106 · #4,721 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,691
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

60 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 488 offences
Sandwell100
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,887 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences257
Theft35
Burglary16
Vehicle crime54
Criminal damage & arson50
Public order & weapons33
Drugs14
Robbery7
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 20 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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