Sandwell

Borough of Sandwell
Borough of Sandwell
Metropolitan borough
	West Bromwich, the largest town in Sandwell
	Coat of arms
	Motto: Unity and Progress
	Sandwell shown within the West Midlands and England
	Coordinates: 52°30′19″N 2°1′2″W / 52.50528°N 2.01722°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Historic County	Staffordshire and Worcestershire
Status	Metropolitan borough
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Admin HQ	Oldbury
Government
• Type	Metropolitan district council
• Body	Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Reform UK)
• MPs	Gurinder Josan (L); Antonia Bance (L); Sarah Coombes (L); Alex Ballinger (L)
Area
• Total	33 sq mi (86 km2)
Population (2024)
• Total	353,860 (Ranked 29th)
• Density	9,720/sq mi (3,752/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 57.2% White ; 25.8% Asian ; 8.7% Black ; 4.3% Mixed ; 4% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 39.9% Christianity ; 26.1% no religion ; 13.4% Islam ; 11.5% Sikhism ; 5.4% not stated ; 2.8% Hinduism ; 0.7% other ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.1% Judaism ;
Time zone	GMT BST
Postcode	B 43 & 64-71, DY 4, WS 5 & 10, WV 14,
Area codes	0121, 01384, 01922
ISO 3166 code	GB-SAW
ONS code	00CS (ONS); E08000028 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SO9954890217
NUTS 3	UKG37
Website	www.sandwell.gov.uk

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Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council defines the borough as the six amalgamated towns of Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich. Rowley Regis includes the towns of Blackheath and Cradley Heath. Sandwell includes part of Great Barr, Birmingham.

Sandwell's Strategic Town Centre is designated as West Bromwich, the largest town in the borough, while Sandwell Council House (the headquarters of the local authority) is situated in Oldbury. In 2025, Sandwell was ranked the ninth most income deprived local authority district in England.

Bordering Sandwell is the City of Birmingham to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley to the south and west, the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall to the north, and the City of Wolverhampton to the north-west. Spanning the borough are the parliamentary constituencies of West Bromwich, Smethwick, the majority of Tipton and Wednesbury and also part of Halesowen, which both cross into the Dudley borough.

The borough covers an area of 86 square kilometres (33 sq mi). At the 2011 census, it had a population of 309,000.