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Sandwell

Council7 towns and neighbourhoods

Typical price

£225,000

+32% on 5 years ago

Sales in the last year

2,321

September 2025 to August 2026 · prices +78% on 10 years ago

Sales take a few months to be recorded, so the latest months are still coming in and this figure will rise.

People

341,832

At the 2021 census

New-build homes sold

66

In 2025, 2% of the homes sold

Find a street in Sandwell

Type a street and tap it to see its sales.

Prices over time

The typical sale each year in Sandwell.

£0k£50k£100k£150k£200k 200020052010201520202025

By type of home

The typical price of each, over the last year.

Detached228 sold£310,000
Semi-detached886 sold£237,500
Terraced639 sold£200,000
Flat198 sold£113,000

The towns in Sandwell

Each town and neighbourhood with its typical price over the last two years, lowest typical price first.

Blackheath75 sales£195,000
Tipton794 sales£207,000
Rowley Regis549 sales£212,500
Oldbury514 sales£220,000
Wednesbury389 sales£220,000
Smethwick784 sales£223,250
West Bromwich1196 sales£235,000

Rising fastest

How much the typical price has changed in five years.

Risen most
Wednesbury +38%
Tipton +37%
Oldbury +36%
Risen least
Smethwick +26%
Blackheath +30%
Rowley Regis +32%

Streets

Streets of houses across the whole of Sandwell, from the last five years' sales.

The market

How many homes sold in Sandwell each year, and how many were new-build homes sold.

Homes sold in 2025

3,443

8% more than 2024. 4% below the ten-year average.

New-build homes sold in 2025

66

2% of the homes sold.

Whole years only: 2025 is the last full year, and nearly every sale in it has now been recorded. This year will show once it is over.

New-build homes sold counts only new homes sold to a buyer. Homes built for the council or a housing association, blocks built to rent out, and most shared ownership homes are not sold this way, so more homes are built each year than this shows.

01,2502,5003,7505,000 2016: 3,726 homes sold, 301 of them new builds 2016 2017: 4,052 homes sold, 386 of them new builds 2017 2018: 3,932 homes sold, 433 of them new builds 2018 2019: 3,718 homes sold, 229 of them new builds 2019 2020: 2,849 homes sold, 143 of them new builds 2020 2021: 4,357 homes sold, 298 of them new builds 2021 2022: 3,815 homes sold, 151 of them new builds 2022 2023: 2,967 homes sold, 133 of them new builds 2023 2024: 3,177 homes sold, 89 of them new builds 2024 2025: 3,443 homes sold, 66 of them new builds 2025

All homes sold New-build homes sold

Living in Sandwell

The best-known places, getting around and the council.

Who lives here

The people and homes of Sandwell, at the last census in 2021.

The people

341,832 people

Ages

Under 1825%
18 to 6461%
65 and over15%

Aged 16 and over

In work53%
Retired17%
Students9%

The homes

130,246 households

How they are held

Owned outright28%
Owned with a mortgage26%
Rented privately19%
Social housing27%
Shared ownership0%

2.6 people in a typical home. 29% live alone.

29% of households have no car.

Typical pay

£33,029 a year

Before tax, for someone living here working full time.

Full-fibre broadband

96% of homes

can get gigabit broadband.

Crime

106 a year for every 1,000 people

Down 1% on the year before, the twelve months September 2025 to August 2026.

Schools

Rated Outstanding or Good at their latest one-word Ofsted grade, given in the last five years. Ofsted stopped giving one-word grades in September 2024.

Primary

Old Park Primary SchoolWednesbury · 471 pupilsOutstanding2024
Grove Vale Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 421 pupilsOutstanding2024
Shireland Technology PrimarySmethwick · 440 pupilsOutstanding2023
All Saints CofE Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 454 pupilsGood2024
Springfield Primary SchoolRowley Regis · 439 pupilsGood2024

Secondary

Bristnall Hall AcademySmethwick · 1,088 pupilsOutstanding2023
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High SchoolWednesbury · 807 pupilsGood2024
West Bromwich Collegiate AcademyWest Bromwich · 774 pupilsGood2024
The Phoenix CollegiateWest Bromwich · 1,770 pupilsGood2023
Oldbury AcademyOldbury · 1,193 pupilsGood2021

Council tax

What each band costs in Sandwell, 2026 to 2027.

A£1,496 a year£125 a month
B£1,746 a year£146 a month
C£1,995 a year£166 a month
D£2,244 a year£187 a month
E£2,743 a year£229 a month
F£3,242 a year£270 a month
G£3,741 a year£312 a month
H£4,489 a year£374 a month