Schools
115 open schools are in scope, including 81 primary and 18 secondary schools. The Primrose Centre is the nearest published school at 444 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B65 9PD
Blackheath · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Blackheath
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Postcode district
- B65
- Postcode sector
- B65 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B65 9PD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B65
- Postcode sector
- B65 9
- Latitude
- 52.485366
- Longitude
- -2.036500
- British National Grid easting
- 397,618
- British National Grid northing
- 287,493
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
- Smethwick · E14001478
- Output area
- E00050786
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 029C · E01010041
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 029 · E02002071
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 B65
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 115
- Primary
- 81
- Secondary
- 18
- 444 m
The Primrose Centre
Pupil referral unit
- 491 m
Rowley Hall Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 652 m
Blackheath Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,630
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,564
- Shoplifting 660
- Vehicle crime 278
- Criminal damage and arson 212
- Public order 210
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 92
- Postcode households
- 47
- Residents per household
- 2.0
- B65 9 residents
- 10,166
51 female, 41 male
Age bands in B65 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.8%
2,101 residents
1,163 residents
2,830 residents
2,765 residents
1,921 residents
This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B65 9 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
45
within 5 km
REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE
DARBY STREET, WARLEY, ROWLEY REGIS, B65 0BA
ODS code M88004
1.3 km
PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE
PORTWAY LIFESTYLE CENTRE, NEWBURY LANE, OLDBURY, B69 1HE
ODS code M88026
1.4 km
CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD SURGERY
158 CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 8LJ
ODS code M88620
1.5 km
CLEMENT ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4A CLEMENT ROAD, HALESOWEN, B62 9LR
ODS code M87034
1.5 km
FELDON LANE PRACTICE
FELDON LANE, HALESOWEN, B62 9DR
ODS code M87020
2.1 km
OLD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIEST HOUSE, PRIEST STREET, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 6JN
ODS code M88016
2.3 km
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
239 HALESOWEN ROAD, WARLEY, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 6JE
ODS code M88030
2.3 km
OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE
ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE
ODS code M88018
2.5 km
ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE
182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB
ODS code M88647
2.7 km
HILL TOP MEDICAL CENTRE
15 HILL TOP ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9DU
ODS code M88645
2.7 km
WARLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
AMBROSE HOUSE, KINGSWAY, OLDBURY, B68 0RT
ODS code M88003
2.8 km
DOG KENNEL LANE SURGERY
64 DOG KENNEL LANE, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9LZ
ODS code M88635
2.8 km
ANCHOR MEDICAL PRACTICE
HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU
ODS code M87028
2.9 km
LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
NETHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU
ODS code M87617
2.9 km
WARLEY ROAD SURGERY
118 WARLEY ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9SZ
ODS code M88640
3.0 km
LAPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
95 GOODREST AVENUE, HALESOWEN, B62 0HP
ODS code M87014
3.3 km
HADEN VALE SURGERY
50 BARRS ROAD, WARLEY, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 7HG
ODS code M88043
3.3 km
WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE
19 WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE, OLDBURY, B69 2LD
ODS code M88618
3.5 km
BEAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 BEAN ROAD, DUDLEY, DY2 8TH
ODS code M87036
3.5 km
CENTRAL CLINIC
HALL STREET, DUDLEY, DY2 7BX
ODS code M87605
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 45 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
- 0.2 miles
Uplands Lane
BCT · Rowley Regis
- 0.2 miles
Enfield Road
BCT · Rowley Regis
- 0.2 miles
Uplands Lane
BCT · Rowley Regis
- 0.2 miles
Enfield Road
BCT · Rowley Regis
- 0.3 miles
Rowley Hall School
BCT · Portway
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 029C, 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
3,516 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
3,630 published events cover 12 months, averaging 302.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,564 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.