Property market
The five-year median is £240,000 from 3 recorded sales in B43 5DB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Sandwell is £205,743 in June 2026, up 0.6% year on year.
B43 5DB
Newton & Valley · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Newton & Valley
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Postcode district
- B43
- Postcode sector
- B43 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B43 5DB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B43
- Postcode sector
- B43 5
- Latitude
- 52.535387
- Longitude
- -1.943148
- British National Grid easting
- 403,953
- British National Grid northing
- 293,058
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- Newton & Valley · E05016621
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- West Bromwich · E14001574
- Output area
- E00050628
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 012A · E01010007
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 012 · E02002054
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 B43
Property
46 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 19, Brookside, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 5DB | 27 October 2025 | £245,000 |
| 24, Brookside, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 5DB | 17 January 2023 | £225,000 |
| 45, Brookside, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 5DB | 28 September 2021 | £240,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 129
- Primary
- 83
- Secondary
- 26
- 127 m
Hamstead Primary School
Community school
- 568 m
Hamstead Hall Academy
Academy converter
- 698 m
Ferndale Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,038
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 801
- Shoplifting 353
- Vehicle crime 208
- Criminal damage and arson 146
- Public order 106
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 169
- Postcode households
- 59
- Residents per household
- 2.9
- B43 5 residents
- 10,994
92 female, 77 male
Age bands in B43 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.7%
2,076 residents
1,352 residents
2,930 residents
2,989 residents
2,144 residents
This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B43 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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
44
within 5 km
SCOTT ARMS MEDICAL CENTRE
WHITECREST, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 6EE
ODS code M88021
1.8 km
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
2.0 km
TOWER HILL PARTNERSHIP
433 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1BT
ODS code M85019
2.3 km
GREAT BARR PRACTICE
379 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7HB
ODS code M88015
2.4 km
CLIFTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
CLIFTON LANE, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3AS
ODS code M88630
2.8 km
PERRY PARK SURGERY
291-293 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1TY
ODS code M85624
2.8 km
STONE CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
291 WALSALL ROAD, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3LN
ODS code M88008
2.9 km
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
3.3 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
3.3 km
COTMORE SURGERY
169 OLD OSCOTT LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 8TU
ODS code M85792
3.4 km
COLLINGWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE
COLLINGWOOD CENTRE, COLLINGWOOD DRIVE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7NF
ODS code M91032
3.6 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
3.6 km
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
3.6 km
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
3.6 km
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
3.6 km
TAME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
FRIAR PARK ROAD, WEDNESBURY, WS10 0JS
ODS code M88023
3.7 km
THE OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE
199 SHADY LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9ER
ODS code M85060
3.7 km
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
3.8 km
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
3.8 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 44 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
James Road
BCT · Gorse Farm
- 0.1 miles
James Road
BCT · Gorse Farm
- 0.1 miles
Hamstead School
BCT · Newton
- 0.1 miles
Hamstead School
BCT · Newton
- 0.2 miles
Lingfield Court
BCT · Newton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 012A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,594 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 8
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Schools
129 open schools are in scope, including 83 primary and 26 secondary schools. Hamstead Primary School is the nearest published school at 127 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,038 published events cover 12 months, averaging 169.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 801 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.