Sandwell
8 datasets are currently published for Sandwell. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Sandwell compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 18th of 361 (42.3 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 238th of 318 (shared with 6 other local authority districts) (£215,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 35th of 132 (19.7%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Sandwell: 14,945, July 2026 (-0.5% year on year, from 15,020). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Sandwell: 107.6, June 2026 (+0.6% year on year, from 107.0). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Sandwell: £215,000, Q2 2026 (+1.4% year on year, from £212,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Sandwell: 19.7%, 2024/25 (-1.8 percentage points year on year, from 21.5%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Sandwell: 11, Q1 2026 (+37.5% year on year, from 8). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Sandwell: 352,918, 2025 (-0.1% year on year, from 353,270). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Sandwell: 600, 2025 (-2.3% year on year, from 614). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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