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B70 7JR

Greets Green & Lyng · Sandwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Greets Green & Lyng
Local authority
Sandwell
Constituency
West Bromwich
Postcode district
B70
Postcode sector
B70 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B66 1QG 183 m
B70 7LF 195 m
B66 1NZ 242 m
B70 7EZ 254 m
B66 1QJ 284 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B70 7JR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B70
Postcode sector
B70 7
Latitude
52.506678
Longitude
-1.996901
British National Grid easting
400,307
British National Grid northing
289,863

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Sandwell · E08000028
Electoral ward
Greets Green & Lyng · E05016617
Parish or community
E43000182
Westminster constituency
West Bromwich · E14001574
Output area
E00050517
Lower layer super output area
Sandwell 019C · E01009989
Middle layer super output area
Sandwell 019 · E02002061

Postcode source versions

Explore B70

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
125
Primary
84
Secondary
25

  1. West Bromwich Collegiate Academy

    Free schools

    523 m

  2. George Betts Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    586 m

  3. Lyng Primary School

    Community school

    604 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
4,958
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,133
  • Public order 388
  • Drugs 381
  • Criminal damage and arson 371
  • Shoplifting 361

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
B70 7 residents
4,271

Age bands in B70 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.3%

993 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.4%

624 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.1%

1,307 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.1%

1,169 residents

Age 65 and over
12%

560 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+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
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 straight-line

  • ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB

    ODS code M88040

    867 m

  • DR SINGH M

    1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ

    ODS code M88628

    987 m

  • DR ARORA RK

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88619

    1.0 km

  • DR DEWAN VK

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88646

    1.0 km

  • LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M88038

    1.0 km

  • ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88625

    1.0 km

  • DR UI HAQUE N

    6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX

    ODS code M88626

    1.1 km

  • ST PAULS PARTNERS

    6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX

    ODS code M88639

    1.1 km

  • LODGE ROAD SURGERY

    LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU

    ODS code M88633

    1.1 km

  • OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE

    ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE

    ODS code M88018

    1.2 km

  • ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE

    182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB

    ODS code M88647

    1.4 km

  • WARLEY ROAD SURGERY

    118 WARLEY ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9SZ

    ODS code M88640

    1.8 km

  • DOG KENNEL LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M88635

    1.9 km

  • HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE

    94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD

    ODS code M88041

    2.1 km

  • THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE

    REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ

    ODS code M88002

    2.4 km

  • PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M88026

    2.5 km

  • SAREPHED MEDICAL CENTRE

    ARDEN ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 6AJ

    ODS code M88610

    2.6 km

  • CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code M88620

    2.7 km

  • NORVIC FAMILY PRACTICE

    5 SUFFRAGE STREET, SMETHWICK, B66 3PZ

    ODS code M88009

    3.1 km

  • HILL TOP MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M88645

    3.1 km

Showing 20 of 51 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Grice Street

    BCT · West Bromwich

    0.2 miles

  • Grice Street

    BCT · West Bromwich

    0.2 miles

  • Gill Street

    BCT · West Bromwich

    0.2 miles

  • Gill Street

    BCT · West Bromwich

    0.2 miles

  • Sandwell Business Park

    BCT · Rood End

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 019C, 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

6,174 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 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
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

125 open schools are in scope, including 84 primary and 25 secondary schools. West Bromwich Collegiate Academy is the nearest published school at 523 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,958 published events cover 12 months, averaging 413.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,133 events.

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