Schools
155 open schools are in scope, including 97 primary and 30 secondary schools. V.A.S.E Academy is the nearest published school at 155 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B21 8LF
West Bromwich Central · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Postcode district
- B21
- Postcode sector
- B21 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B21 8LF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1999
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B21
- Postcode sector
- B21 8
- Latitude
- 52.510825
- Longitude
- -1.961361
- British National Grid easting
- 402,719
- British National Grid northing
- 290,325
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- West Bromwich Central · E05016632
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- West Bromwich · E14001574
- Output area
- E00051098
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 020B · E01010101
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 020 · E02002062
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore B21
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 155
- Primary
- 97
- Secondary
- 30
- 155 m
V.A.S.E Academy
Other independent school
- 510 m
Sandwell Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 805 m
Oasis Academy Wattville
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,389
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,533
- Vehicle crime 300
- Other theft 222
- Criminal damage and arson 221
- Shoplifting 202
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B21 8 residents
- 9,604
Age bands in B21 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 11%
2,097 residents
1,468 residents
2,693 residents
2,285 residents
1,060 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
57
within 5 km straight-line
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
1.1 km
HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE
94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD
ODS code M88041
1.1 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
1.5 km
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
1.6 km
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
1.6 km
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ
ODS code M88002
1.8 km
LODGE ROAD SURGERY
LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU
ODS code M88633
2.0 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
2.0 km
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
2.0 km
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
2.0 km
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
2.0 km
ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB
ODS code M88040
2.2 km
NORVIC FAMILY PRACTICE
5 SUFFRAGE STREET, SMETHWICK, B66 3PZ
ODS code M88009
2.3 km
SAREPHED MEDICAL CENTRE
ARDEN ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 6AJ
ODS code M88610
2.4 km
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
2.5 km
CAPE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
RAGLAN ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 3NR
ODS code M88006
2.5 km
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
2.6 km
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
2.6 km
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
2.6 km
ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88625
2.6 km
Showing 20 of 57 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Middlemore Road
BCT · Leveretts
- 0.1 miles
Middlemore Road
BCT · Leveretts
- 0.1 miles
Halfords Lane
BCT · Europa Village
- 0.2 miles
Middlemore Road
BCT · Leveretts
- 0.2 miles
Halfords Lane
BCT · Europa Village
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 020B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
2 of 10
Overall England rank
3,551 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,389 published events cover 12 months, averaging 282.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,533 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.