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B68 8SR

St Pauls · Sandwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Oldbury
Ward
St Pauls
Local authority
Sandwell
Constituency
Smethwick
Postcode district
B68
Postcode sector
B68 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B68 8SU 50 m
B68 8SP 94 m
B68 9UE 100 m
B68 9UH 103 m
B68 8SS 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B68 8SR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B68
Postcode sector
B68 8
Latitude
52.498074
Longitude
-1.997667
British National Grid easting
400,255
British National Grid northing
288,906

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Sandwell · E08000028
Electoral ward
St Pauls · E05016628
Parish or community
E43000182
Westminster constituency
Smethwick · E14001478
Output area
E00050672
Lower layer super output area
Sandwell 024B · E01010019
Middle layer super output area
Sandwell 024 · E02002066

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
131, Rood End Road, Oldbury, B68 8SR 26 July 2012 £47,000
131, Rood End Road, Oldbury, B68 8SR 30 May 2012 £45,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
131
Primary
86
Secondary
25

  1. Rood End Primary School

    Community school

    319 m

  2. George Betts Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    421 m

  3. Holly Lodge High School College of Science

    Foundation school

    635 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,904
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,834
  • Criminal damage and arson 322
  • Drugs 300
  • Public order 297
  • Vehicle crime 243

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

18 female, 8 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.9
B68 8 residents
11,001

Age bands in B68 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.3%

2,232 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.2%

1,336 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.3%

3,110 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.9%

2,727 residents

Age 65 and over
14.3%

1,566 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B68 8 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

51

within 5 km

  • ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE

    182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB

    ODS code M88647

    462 m

  • ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB

    ODS code M88040

    690 m

  • WARLEY ROAD SURGERY

    118 WARLEY ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9SZ

    ODS code M88640

    915 m

  • LODGE ROAD SURGERY

    LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU

    ODS code M88633

    928 m

  • DOG KENNEL LANE SURGERY

    64 DOG KENNEL LANE, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9LZ

    ODS code M88635

    930 m

  • OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE

    ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE

    ODS code M88018

    1.3 km

  • DR UI HAQUE N

    6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX

    ODS code M88626

    1.9 km

  • ST PAULS PARTNERS

    6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX

    ODS code M88639

    1.9 km

  • CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD SURGERY

    158 CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 8LJ

    ODS code M88620

    1.9 km

  • DR SINGH M

    1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ

    ODS code M88628

    1.9 km

  • DR ARORA RK

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88619

    2.0 km

  • DR DEWAN VK

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88646

    2.0 km

  • LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88038

    2.0 km

  • ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88625

    2.0 km

  • THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE

    REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ

    ODS code M88002

    2.0 km

  • SAREPHED MEDICAL CENTRE

    ARDEN ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 6AJ

    ODS code M88610

    2.0 km

  • HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE

    94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD

    ODS code M88041

    2.1 km

  • HILL TOP MEDICAL CENTRE

    15 HILL TOP ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9DU

    ODS code M88645

    2.2 km

  • PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE

    PORTWAY LIFESTYLE CENTRE, NEWBURY LANE, OLDBURY, B69 1HE

    ODS code M88026

    2.2 km

  • BEARWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    348 BEARWOOD ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 4ES

    ODS code M88019

    2.6 km

Showing 20 of 51 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

  • Vernon Road

    BCT · Rood End

    0.0 miles

  • Vernon Road

    BCT · Rood End

    0.0 miles

  • Apollo Road

    BCT · Rood End

    0.1 miles

  • Apollo Road

    BCT · Rood End

    0.1 miles

  • Oldbury Cemetery

    BCT · Rood End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 024B, 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

3,095 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

Schools

131 open schools are in scope, including 86 primary and 25 secondary schools. Rood End Primary School is the nearest published school at 319 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,904 published events cover 12 months, averaging 325.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,834 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.