Smethwick

22°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:30

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

627 reported · July 2026▲ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences307
• Public order44
• Criminal damage & arson43
• Vehicle crime43

76 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Smethwick Town · West Midlands

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

2,296 reported road collisions (2024)

482 killed or seriously injured · 3,055 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 350 rated 4–5 ★ (250 top)
• 46 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

£234,150 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Birmingham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,093 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £825
• 2 bed £997
• 3 bed £1,127

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

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

75 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

112 charging locations within ~8 km

• 28 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)

• Discover the city’s rare treasures and unusual spaces during Birmingham Heritage Week· 11 Sept 2026
• Improving the condition of Birmingham's highways for the benefit of communities· 11 Sept 2026
• Birmingham City Council calls on Government to provide targeted support for Jaguar Land Rover· 8 Sept 2026
• Birmingham comes together to break the silence around suicide during World Suicide Prevention Day 2026· 8 Sept 2026
• Public consultation reopens on plans to bring up to 3,500 new homes to Druids Heath· 8 Sept 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 6 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

41% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

512 schools · 207,780 pupils

289 primary · 83 secondary · 140 other

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

437inspected 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 homes282
• GP practices239
• Dentists230
• Homecare agencies321
• Hospitals & hospices49

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 11 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)

738 applications decided

83.2% granted · 614 granted, 124 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Gurinder Singh Josan

Labour

Smethwick

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 15
• Con 16
• LD 12
• Grn 18
• 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)

44,855 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

243 jobs advertised · £36,583 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online German Tutor - Part Time, Recruitment Administrator

Source: Adzuna

£708 median full-time weekly pay

10% 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

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Solar 19% · Nuclear 14% · Imports 4%

225 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Smethwick:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s287 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office277 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership251 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 224 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test179 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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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