Property market
The five-year median is £217,000 from 1,785 recorded sales in B68. 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.
B68
UK postcode district
Part of Oldbury
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 692
- Current units
- 588
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 104
Postcode sectors in B68
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
12,808 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 15, Brook Road, Oldbury, B68 8AA | 27 July 2026 | £260,000 |
| 113, Brook Road, Oldbury, B68 8AE | 17 July 2026 | £100,000 |
| 9, Squirrels Hollow, Oldbury, B68 0EY | 17 July 2026 | £279,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 4
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,388
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,206
- Vehicle crime 239
- Criminal damage and arson 178
- Other theft 110
- Shoplifting 107
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- B68 usual residents
- 33,642
- Age-profile population
- 33,063
Age bands in B68
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.7%
- 6,510 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- 3,915 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.4%
- 8,742 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.7%
- 8,500 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 16.3%
- 5,396 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 585 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 579 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 563 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
in this district
CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD SURGERY
158 CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 8LJ
ODS code M88620
DOG KENNEL LANE SURGERY
64 DOG KENNEL LANE, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9LZ
ODS code M88635
HILL TOP MEDICAL CENTRE
15 HILL TOP ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9DU
ODS code M88645
ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE
182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB
ODS code M88647
WARLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
AMBROSE HOUSE, KINGSWAY, OLDBURY, B68 0RT
ODS code M88003
WARLEY ROAD SURGERY
118 WARLEY ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9SZ
ODS code M88640
Evidence in context
Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 4 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,388 published events cover 12 months, averaging 199 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,206 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.