Schools
128 open schools are in scope, including 85 primary and 23 secondary schools. The Orchard School is the nearest published school at 374 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B68 8RX
Bristnall · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B68 8RX
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 October 2021
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B68
- Postcode sector
- B68 8
- Latitude
- 52.490127
- Longitude
- -2.007815
- British National Grid easting
- 399,566
- British National Grid northing
- 288,022
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- Bristnall · E05016611
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- Smethwick · E14001478
- Output area
- E00177372
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 030C · E01010003
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 030 · E02002072
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
- 128
- Primary
- 85
- Secondary
- 23
- 374 m
The Orchard School
Community special school
- 467 m
Al Khair Primary School
Other independent school
- 545 m
Langley Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,419
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,633
- Vehicle crime 293
- Criminal damage and arson 251
- Shoplifting 213
- Public order 194
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B68 8 residents
- 11,001
Age bands in B68 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.3%
2,232 residents
1,336 residents
3,110 residents
2,727 residents
1,566 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
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
50
within 5 km
ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE
182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB
ODS code M88647
708 m
CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD SURGERY
158 CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 8LJ
ODS code M88620
774 m
DOG KENNEL LANE SURGERY
64 DOG KENNEL LANE, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9LZ
ODS code M88635
821 m
WARLEY ROAD SURGERY
118 WARLEY ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9SZ
ODS code M88640
957 m
HILL TOP MEDICAL CENTRE
15 HILL TOP ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9DU
ODS code M88645
1.4 km
OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE
ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE
ODS code M88018
1.6 km
PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE
PORTWAY LIFESTYLE CENTRE, NEWBURY LANE, OLDBURY, B69 1HE
ODS code M88026
1.7 km
ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB
ODS code M88040
1.8 km
LODGE ROAD SURGERY
LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU
ODS code M88633
1.9 km
WARLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
AMBROSE HOUSE, KINGSWAY, OLDBURY, B68 0RT
ODS code M88003
2.4 km
SAREPHED MEDICAL CENTRE
ARDEN ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 6AJ
ODS code M88610
2.5 km
CLEMENT ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4A CLEMENT ROAD, HALESOWEN, B62 9LR
ODS code M87034
2.7 km
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ
ODS code M88002
2.7 km
BEARWOOD ROAD SURGERY
348 BEARWOOD ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 4ES
ODS code M88019
2.8 km
BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
176 MILCOTE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 5BP
ODS code M88042
2.8 km
DR SINGH M
1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ
ODS code M88628
2.8 km
FELDON LANE PRACTICE
FELDON LANE, HALESOWEN, B62 9DR
ODS code M87020
2.9 km
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
3.0 km
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
3.0 km
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 50 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Joinings Bank
BCT · Langley Green
- 0.1 miles
Joinings Bank
BCT · Langley Green
- 0.1 miles
Primrose Bank
BCT · Langley Green
- 0.1 miles
Mill Lane
BCT · Langley
- 0.1 miles
Mill Lane
BCT · Langley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 030C, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
3,294 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
- 1
- Medium risk addresses
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 4
- 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
3,419 published events cover 12 months, averaging 284.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,633 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.