Smethwick

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:33

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 7.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

479 reported · August 2026▲ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences222
• Criminal damage & arson44
• Public order40
• Other theft33

Neighbourhood team: Smethwick Town · West Midlands

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

2,307 reported road collisions (2025)

441 killed or seriously injured · 2,985 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 343 rated 4–5 ★ (244 top)
• 50 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Smethwick Rolfe Street (0.4 km)
• 93 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£234,867 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Birmingham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,099 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £830
• 2 bed £1,003
• 3 bed £1,134

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (6.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

8,752 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (5.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.9 km)

38 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

113 charging locations within ~8 km

• 29 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Ionity West Bromwich (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market opens tomorrow· 4 Nov 2026
• Working together to tackle child sexual exploitation· 4 Nov 2026
• Birmingham to host national Open Data Camp conference· 30 Oct 2026
• Cannon Street’s New Young Futures Hub opens in Birmingham city centre, putting young people at the heart of support, opportunity and connection· 29 Oct 2026
• New multi-use games area opens in Small Heath Park· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Birmingham Council

1,144,918 residents in Birmingham · 4,275/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK62,818
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK84,668
• Net moves−21,850

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 8 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

43% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,363 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (35% of 465,310)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

516 schools · 207,780 pupils

291 primary · 83 secondary · 142 other

Ofsted: 179 of 203 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

437 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Birmingham

1,225 CQC-registered services

• Care homes284
• GP practices239
• Dentists231
• Homecare agencies316
• Hospitals & hospices49

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Birmingham

• In a conservation area (Smethwick High Street and Crocketts Lane)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 33 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

725 applications decided

82.3% granted · 597 granted, 128 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Gurinder Singh Josan

Labour

Smethwick

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 14
• Con 16
• LD 12
• Grn 19
• Ref 22
• Oth 18

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies10
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens46
• Restaurants & cafés61

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

45,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

242 jobs advertised · £37,962 avg

e.g. Maintenance Mechanical Engineer, HLTA, Supply Teacher

Source: Adzuna

£708 median full-time weekly pay

10.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,205 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 576,359 certificates

19.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 18% · Imports 4%

183 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.5 yrs women · 77.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58 women · 58.3 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

13 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in B66

• The Smethwick Medical Centre
• Cape Hill Medical Centre
• Norvic Family Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Smethwick:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 232 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND121 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth96 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing73 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Introduce a national strategy to tackle the cat overpopulation and rescue crisis71 local signatures · 18,774 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Smethwick · 0.1 km

  Smethwick is an industrial town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It lies 4 miles (6 km) west of Birmingham city centre. Historically it was in Staffordshire and then Worcestershir…

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  Smethwick Council House · 0.2 km

  Smethwick Council House is a municipal building in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. The building, which is located on High Street and was once the headquarters of Smethwick Borough Council, is now a Grade II listed…

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  Holy Trinity Church, Smethwick · 0.4 km

  Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in Smethwick, West Midlands, England, and in the Diocese of Birmingham. The building is Grade II listed. The church dates originally from 1837, and was rebuilt on a larger sca…

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  Lions of the Great War · 0.4 km

  The Lions of the Great War is a war memorial in Smethwick, in Sandwell in the West Midlands of England, dedicated to the memory of the Sikh soldiers from the British Indian Army who fought in the First World War. It w…

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  Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick · 0.4 km

  Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick is a Sikh gurdwara in Smethwick, in Sandwell, near Birmingham in the West Midlands of England. It was established in October 1958 in a former church building which had been bought earlier…

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  Smethwick Rolfe Street railway station · 0.4 km

  Smethwick Rolfe Street is one of two railway stations serving the town of Smethwick, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line 3¼ miles (5 km) north west of Birmingham New Street. Th…

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