Schools
96 open schools are in scope, including 67 primary and 15 secondary schools. Ormiston Forge Academy is the nearest published school at 225 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B64 5RQ
Blackheath · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Blackheath
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Halesowen
- Postcode district
- B64
- Postcode sector
- B64 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B64 5RQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1997
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B64
- Postcode sector
- B64 5
- Latitude
- 52.478226
- Longitude
- -2.061789
- British National Grid easting
- 395,900
- British National Grid northing
- 286,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- Blackheath · E05016610
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- Halesowen · E14001261
- Output area
- E00050796
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 035F · E01010042
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 035 · E02002077
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 B64
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 96
- Primary
- 67
- Secondary
- 15
- 225 m
Ormiston Forge Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 545 m
Impact Independent School
Other independent school
- 588 m
Reddal Hill Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,374
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,589
- Shoplifting 382
- Criminal damage and arson 255
- Vehicle crime 224
- Public order 219
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B64 5 residents
- 4,914
Age bands in B64 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.3%
926 residents
581 residents
1,500 residents
1,279 residents
957 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.
GP practices
40
within 5 km straight-line
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
239 HALESOWEN ROAD, WARLEY, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 6JE
ODS code M88030
479 m
OLD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIEST HOUSE, PRIEST STREET, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 6JN
ODS code M88016
504 m
REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE
DARBY STREET, WARLEY, ROWLEY REGIS, B65 0BA
ODS code M88004
1.2 km
HADEN VALE SURGERY
50 BARRS ROAD, WARLEY, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 7HG
ODS code M88043
1.5 km
ANCHOR MEDICAL PRACTICE
HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU
ODS code M87028
1.6 km
LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
NETHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU
ODS code M87617
1.6 km
CLEMENT ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4A CLEMENT ROAD, HALESOWEN, B62 9LR
ODS code M87034
2.0 km
DUDLEY WOOD SURGERY
10 QUARRY ROAD, DUDLEY WOOD, DUDLEY, DY2 0EF
ODS code Y02212
2.1 km
FELDON LANE PRACTICE
FELDON LANE, HALESOWEN, B62 9DR
ODS code M87020
2.6 km
ALEXANDRA MEDICAL CENTRE
1 SHORT STREET, HALESOWEN, B63 3UH
ODS code M87623
2.7 km
QUARRY BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
165 HIGH STREET, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2AE
ODS code M87027
2.8 km
PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE
PORTWAY LIFESTYLE CENTRE, NEWBURY LANE, OLDBURY, B69 1HE
ODS code M88026
3.0 km
BEAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 BEAN ROAD, DUDLEY, DY2 8TH
ODS code M87036
3.2 km
CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD SURGERY
158 CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 8LJ
ODS code M88620
3.3 km
THORNS ROAD SURGERY
43 THORNS ROAD, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2JS
ODS code M87638
3.3 km
STOURSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HALESOWEN HEALTH CENTRE, 14 BIRMINGHAM STREET, HALESOWEN, B63 3HN
ODS code Y01756
3.4 km
CENTRAL CLINIC
HALL STREET, DUDLEY, DY2 7BX
ODS code M87605
3.4 km
MEADOWBROOK SURGERY
4 MEADOWBROOK ROAD, HALESOWEN, B63 1AB
ODS code M87001
3.6 km
LAPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
95 GOODREST AVENUE, HALESOWEN, B62 0HP
ODS code M87014
3.8 km
HALESOWEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 QUARRY LANE, HALESOWEN, B63 4WD
ODS code M87602
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 40 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Wrights Lane
BCT · Old Hill
- 0.1 miles
Wrights Lane
BCT · Old Hill
- 0.1 miles
Best Street
BCT · Old Hill
- 0.1 miles
Best Street
BCT · Old Hill
- 0.2 miles
Powke Lane
BCT · Brickhouse Farm
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 035F, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
8,330 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
3,374 published events cover 12 months, averaging 281.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,589 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.