Schools
127 open schools are in scope, including 90 primary and 22 secondary schools. Sandwell College is the nearest published school at 76 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B70 6AL
West Bromwich Central · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B70 6AL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 November 2009
- Terminated
- 1 November 2014
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 6
- Latitude
- 52.515443
- Longitude
- -1.992332
- British National Grid easting
- 400,617
- British National Grid northing
- 290,838
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- West Bromwich Central · E05016632
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- West Bromwich · E14001574
- Output area
- E00051104
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 020C · E01010102
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 020 · E02002062
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 B70
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 127
- Primary
- 90
- Secondary
- 22
- 76 m
Sandwell College
Further education
- 582 m
King George V Primary School
Community school
- 604 m
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,168
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,257
- Shoplifting 445
- Public order 436
- Criminal damage and arson 382
- Vehicle crime 363
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B70 6 residents
- 7,672
Age bands in B70 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.7%
1,370 residents
971 residents
2,191 residents
1,760 residents
1,084 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
52
within 5 km straight-line
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
388 m
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
388 m
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
388 m
ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88625
388 m
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
617 m
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
617 m
DR SINGH M
1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ
ODS code M88628
662 m
ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB
ODS code M88040
1.6 km
LODGE ROAD SURGERY
LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU
ODS code M88633
1.8 km
OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE
ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE
ODS code M88018
2.0 km
HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE
94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD
ODS code M88041
2.3 km
ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE
182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB
ODS code M88647
2.4 km
DR GUDI PV & PARTNER
68 HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0PU
ODS code M88014
2.6 km
NEW STREET SURGERY
NEW STREET, HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0HN
ODS code M88035
2.8 km
GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE
18 THE GREAT BRIDGE CENTRE, CHARLES STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0BF
ODS code Y02701
2.8 km
WARLEY ROAD SURGERY
118 WARLEY ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9SZ
ODS code M88640
2.8 km
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ
ODS code M88002
2.8 km
DOG KENNEL LANE SURGERY
64 DOG KENNEL LANE, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9LZ
ODS code M88635
2.9 km
GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH
10 SLATER STREET, GREAT BRIDGE, TIPTON, DY4 7EY
ODS code M88616
3.1 km
SAREPHED MEDICAL CENTRE
ARDEN ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 6AJ
ODS code M88610
3.2 km
Showing 20 of 52 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Sandwell College
BCT · West Bromwich
- 0.1 miles
West Bromwich Central (West Midlands Metro)
PLT · West Bromwich
- 0.1 miles
West Bromwich Central (West Midlands Metro)
PLT · West Bromwich
- 0.1 miles
Dartmouth Square
BCT · West Bromwich
- 0.1 miles
West Bromwich Central (West Midlands Metro)
MET · West Bromwich
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 020C, 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
3,596 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,168 published events cover 12 months, averaging 430.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,257 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.