Leisure & Entertainment
Is Blackheath a cultural mecca or a boring backwater. We've done the internet leg work for you!Pools & Gyms
Just three miles up the road in Smethwick is the Sandwell Aquatic Centre one of the better Swimming Pools, that was built to host the swimming events of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Quite impressive is the general consensus. However, you should probably give "swim! Oldbury" a wide birth given the reviews over the last year. Lots of mummies who've booked a taster session for their kiddiewinks, and all they've tasted is disappointment... allegedly. You're spoilt for choice for Gyms quite frankly in this area. If you looking for a 'Do you even lift Bro?' type place, we'd go for Pro Fitness. If you're looking for more o fa middle class mummy, "Do you do Pilates classes?" type place, then The Works Health Club gets good reviews and looks pretty impressive.
What are the crime levels like in Blackheath?
Using the latest Police street crime figures (typically from 3 months ago) we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Blackheath. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.| Policing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Rowley Regis | 129 |
| Langley Green | 122 |
| Causeway Green | 122 |
| Oldbury | 121 |
| Portway | 115 |
| Blackheath | 98 |
| Springfield | 91 |
| Haden Cross | 79 |
| Bristnall Fields | 77 |
| Coombeswood | 68 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Blackheath. These statistics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've taken the rank average for wards in and around Blackheath and compared them. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Belle Vale (Best) | 21382/32845 |
| Halesowen South | 18719/32845 |
| Halesowen North | 16816/32845 |
| Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood | 15006/32845 |
| Blackheath | 14205/32845 |
| Cradley Heath and Old Hill | 13889/32845 |
| Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews | 13133/32845 |
| Tividale | 13039/32845 |
| Langley | 11216/32845 |
| Rowley (Worst) | 10557/32845 |
Northfield, Birmingham, the worst place anybody could wish to live
Your Health in Blackheath
If you are thinking of moving to Blackheath, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Blackheath compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Town | Very Bad | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 1.65% | 5.04% |
| Sandwell (Blackheath) | 1.8% | 5.9% |
| Dudley | 1.42% | 5.09% |
| Wolverhampton | 1.66% | 5.53% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Blackheath. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Blackheath. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Halesowen South (Best) | 19337/32845 |
| Halesowen North | 14585/32845 |
| Belle Vale | 13319/32845 |
| Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood | 10462/32845 |
| Tividale | 9686/32845 |
| Blackheath | 8783/32845 |
| Rowley | 7991/32845 |
| Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews | 7338/32845 |
| Cradley Heath and Old Hill | 7188/32845 |
| Langley (Worst) | 6693/32845 |
St Johns – The pretentious part of Lewisham in reality is just a fugly train station
Deprivation in Blackheath
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Blackheath. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Halesowen South (Best) | 21669/32845 |
| Halesowen North | 15328/32845 |
| Belle Vale | 14506/32845 |
| Tividale | 10833/32845 |
| Blackheath | 9283/32845 |
| Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood | 8950/32845 |
| Cradley Heath and Old Hill | 8893/32845 |
| Rowley | 8365/32845 |
| Langley | 6243/32845 |
| Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews (Worst) | 5462/32845 |
Average rent in Blackheath
Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These statistics for Blackheath are dated September 2021. They are split into three figures, the lower quartile, mean and upper quartile. If you recieve housing benefit or the housing benefit section of Universal Credit, the lower quartile is at the top limit of what would be affordable. The mean is the average you'd expect to pay for a rental property and the upper quartile is the average rental cost of the most expensive 25% of properties in Blackheath.
Weekly Gross Pay and Hourly Pay in Blackheath
If you are thinking of moving to Blackheath, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. The government publish regular statistics on gross weekly pay and pay per hour.
Leisure & Entertainment
Is Blackheath a cultural mecca or a boring backwater. We’ve done the internet leg work for you!
Pools & Gyms
Just three miles up the road in Smethwick is the Sandwell Aquatic Centre one of the better Swimming Pools, that was built to host the swimming events of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Quite impressive is the general consensus. However, you should probably give “swim! Oldbury” a wide birth given the reviews over the last year. Lots of mummies who’ve booked a taster session for their kiddiewinks, and all they’ve tasted is disappointment… allegedly.
You’re spoilt for choice for Gyms quite frankly in this area. If you looking for a ‘Do you even lift Bro?’ type place, we’d go for Pro Fitness. If you’re looking for more o fa middle class mummy, “Do you do Pilates classes?” type place, then The Works Health Club gets good reviews and looks pretty impressive.
