Schools
115 open schools are in scope, including 80 primary and 19 secondary schools. The Meadows School is the nearest published school at 429 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B69 3EP
Oldbury · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Oldbury
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Postcode district
- B69
- Postcode sector
- B69 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B69 3EP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 March 2006
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B69
- Postcode sector
- B69 3
- Latitude
- 52.513256
- Longitude
- -2.024175
- British National Grid easting
- 398,456
- British National Grid northing
- 290,595
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- Oldbury · E05016623
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- West Bromwich · E14001574
- Output area
- E00050686
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 021A · E01010015
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 021 · E02002063
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 B69
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 115
- Primary
- 80
- Secondary
- 19
- 429 m
The Meadows School
Community special school
- 946 m
Newtown Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 1.1 km
Hanbury Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,943
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,291
- Criminal damage and arson 251
- Public order 246
- Shoplifting 227
- Vehicle crime 220
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B69 3 residents
- 4,642
Age bands in B69 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 12%
1,041 residents
598 residents
1,334 residents
1,022 residents
547 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
45
within 5 km straight-line
OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE
ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE
ODS code M88018
1.3 km
DR SINGH M
1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ
ODS code M88628
1.5 km
GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE
18 THE GREAT BRIDGE CENTRE, CHARLES STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0BF
ODS code Y02701
1.6 km
PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE
PORTWAY LIFESTYLE CENTRE, NEWBURY LANE, OLDBURY, B69 1HE
ODS code M88026
1.8 km
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
1.8 km
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
1.8 km
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
1.8 km
ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88625
1.8 km
GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH
10 SLATER STREET, GREAT BRIDGE, TIPTON, DY4 7EY
ODS code M88616
1.8 km
WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE
19 WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE, OLDBURY, B69 2LD
ODS code M88618
2.4 km
THE VICTORIA SURGERY
VICTORIA ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 8SS
ODS code M88600
2.5 km
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
2.7 km
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
2.7 km
DR GUDI PV & PARTNER
68 HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0PU
ODS code M88014
2.7 km
ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE
182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB
ODS code M88647
2.7 km
NEW STREET SURGERY
NEW STREET, HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0HN
ODS code M88035
2.7 km
ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB
ODS code M88040
2.8 km
LODGE ROAD SURGERY
LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU
ODS code M88633
3.1 km
DOG KENNEL LANE SURGERY
64 DOG KENNEL LANE, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9LZ
ODS code M88635
3.2 km
CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD SURGERY
158 CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 8LJ
ODS code M88620
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 45 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Navigation Way
BCT · Albion
- 0.3 miles
Albion Industrial Estate
BCT · Albion
- 0.3 miles
Union Road
BCT · Albion
- 0.3 miles
Roway Lane
BCT · Brades Village
- 0.3 miles
Union Road
BCT · Albion
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 021A, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,024 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
2,943 published events cover 12 months, averaging 245.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,291 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.