Schools
122 open schools are in scope, including 84 primary and 22 secondary schools. Lyng Primary School is the nearest published school at 239 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B70 7RX
Greets Green & Lyng · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Greets Green & Lyng
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B70 7RX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 2003
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 7
- Latitude
- 52.513294
- Longitude
- -1.996959
- British National Grid easting
- 400,303
- British National Grid northing
- 290,599
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
- E00177440
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 020A · E01009988
- 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
- 122
- Primary
- 84
- Secondary
- 22
- 239 m
Lyng Primary School
Community school
- 407 m
Sandwell College
Further education
- 594 m
West Bromwich Collegiate Academy
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,182
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,223
- Public order 431
- Shoplifting 417
- Criminal damage and arson 394
- Vehicle crime 393
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%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 12%
993 residents
624 residents
1,307 residents
1,169 residents
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.
GP practices
52
within 5 km straight-line
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
311 m
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
311 m
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
311 m
ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88625
311 m
DR SINGH M
1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ
ODS code M88628
393 m
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
855 m
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
855 m
ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB
ODS code M88040
1.5 km
OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE
ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE
ODS code M88018
1.6 km
LODGE ROAD SURGERY
LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU
ODS code M88633
1.7 km
ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE
182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB
ODS code M88647
2.1 km
HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE
94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD
ODS code M88041
2.4 km
WARLEY ROAD SURGERY
118 WARLEY ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9SZ
ODS code M88640
2.6 km
DOG KENNEL LANE SURGERY
64 DOG KENNEL LANE, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9LZ
ODS code M88635
2.6 km
GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE
18 THE GREAT BRIDGE CENTRE, CHARLES STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0BF
ODS code Y02701
2.6 km
DR GUDI PV & PARTNER
68 HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0PU
ODS code M88014
2.7 km
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ
ODS code M88002
2.8 km
NEW STREET SURGERY
NEW STREET, HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0HN
ODS code M88035
2.8 km
PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE
PORTWAY LIFESTYLE CENTRE, NEWBURY LANE, OLDBURY, B69 1HE
ODS code M88026
2.9 km
GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH
10 SLATER STREET, GREAT BRIDGE, TIPTON, DY4 7EY
ODS code M88616
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 52 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Morris Street
BCT · West Bromwich
- 0.1 miles
Morris Street
BCT · West Bromwich
- 0.1 miles
Farm Street
BCT · West Bromwich
- 0.2 miles
Cambridge Street
BCT · Lamberts End
- 0.2 miles
Cambridge Street
BCT · Lamberts End
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 020A, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,016 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
5,182 published events cover 12 months, averaging 431.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,223 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.