Schools
124 open schools are in scope, including 85 primary and 22 secondary schools. Perryfields Academy is the nearest published school at 295 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B68 0JS
Old Warley · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Old Warley
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Smethwick
- Postcode district
- B68
- Postcode sector
- B68 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B68 0JS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1994
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B68
- Postcode sector
- B68 0
- Latitude
- 52.468353
- Longitude
- -2.007310
- British National Grid easting
- 399,600
- British National Grid northing
- 285,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- Old Warley · E05016622
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- Smethwick · E14001478
- Output area
- E00050717
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 037E · E01010028
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 037 · E02002079
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 B68
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 124
- Primary
- 85
- Secondary
- 22
- 295 m
Perryfields Academy
Academy converter
- 466 m
Perryfields Primary School
Community school
- 471 m
Brandhall Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,681
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,179
- Shoplifting 272
- Vehicle crime 261
- Other theft 194
- Criminal damage and arson 180
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B68 0 residents
- 9,779
Age bands in B68 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 19%
1,929 residents
1,115 residents
2,590 residents
2,646 residents
1,936 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
42
within 5 km straight-line
WARLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
AMBROSE HOUSE, KINGSWAY, OLDBURY, B68 0RT
ODS code M88003
45 m
LAPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
95 GOODREST AVENUE, HALESOWEN, B62 0HP
ODS code M87014
1.2 km
HILL TOP MEDICAL CENTRE
15 HILL TOP ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9DU
ODS code M88645
1.3 km
FELDON LANE PRACTICE
FELDON LANE, HALESOWEN, B62 9DR
ODS code M87020
1.4 km
RIDGACRE HOUSE SURGERY
83 RIDGACRE ROAD, QUINTON, BIRMINGHAM, B32 2TJ
ODS code M85172
1.4 km
CLEMENT ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4A CLEMENT ROAD, HALESOWEN, B62 9LR
ODS code M87034
1.8 km
CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD SURGERY
158 CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 8LJ
ODS code M88620
1.9 km
BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
176 MILCOTE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 5BP
ODS code M88042
2.5 km
DOG KENNEL LANE SURGERY
64 DOG KENNEL LANE, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9LZ
ODS code M88635
2.5 km
WARLEY ROAD SURGERY
118 WARLEY ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9SZ
ODS code M88640
2.6 km
REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE
DARBY STREET, WARLEY, ROWLEY REGIS, B65 0BA
ODS code M88004
2.6 km
ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE
182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB
ODS code M88647
2.9 km
BEARWOOD ROAD SURGERY
348 BEARWOOD ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 4ES
ODS code M88019
3.0 km
WOODGATE VALLEY HEALTH CENTRE
61 STEVENS AVENUE, WOODGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B32 3SD
ODS code M85035
3.1 km
LORDSWOOD HOUSE GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE
54 LORDSWOOD ROAD, HARBORNE, BIRMINGHAM, B17 9DB
ODS code M85028
3.3 km
SHERWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
9 SANDON ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B17 8DP
ODS code M88020
3.3 km
CITY HEALTH CENTRE
449 CITY ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B17 8LG
ODS code M85711
3.5 km
SAREPHED MEDICAL CENTRE
ARDEN ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 6AJ
ODS code M88610
3.5 km
STOURSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HALESOWEN HEALTH CENTRE, 14 BIRMINGHAM STREET, HALESOWEN, B63 3HN
ODS code Y01756
3.6 km
BARTLEY GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
71 ROMSLEY ROAD, BARTLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B32 3PR
ODS code M85117
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 42 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Kingsway
BCT · Brandhall
- 0.0 miles
Kingsway
BCT · Brandhall
- 0.1 miles
Malvern Road
BCT · Brandhall
- 0.1 miles
Tame Road
BCT · Brandhall
- 0.2 miles
Malvern Road
BCT · Brandhall
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 037E, 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
6,496 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
2,681 published events cover 12 months, averaging 223.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,179 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.