B70 9BQ

Greets Green & Lyng · Sandwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
West Bromwich
Local authority
Sandwell
Constituency
West Bromwich
Postcode district
B70
Postcode sector
B70 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B70 9AW 51 m
B70 9BL 52 m
B70 9HA 86 m
B70 9UQ 91 m
B70 9EX 113 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B70 9BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B70
Postcode sector
B70 9
Latitude
52.521016
Longitude
-2.015455
British National Grid easting
399,048
British National Grid northing
291,458

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Sandwell · E08000028
Parish or community
E43000182
Westminster constituency
West Bromwich · E14001574
Output area
E00050530
Lower layer super output area
Sandwell 018G · E01033889
Middle layer super output area
Sandwell 018 · E02002060

Postcode source versions

Explore B70

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, New Road, West Bromwich, B70 9BQ 24 October 2022 £260,000
9, New Road, West Bromwich, B70 9BQ 17 August 2022 £224,000
9, New Road, West Bromwich, B70 9BQ 24 June 2022 £222,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
113
Primary
78
Secondary
19
  1. Ryders Green Primary School

    Community school

    374 m
  2. Hanbury Primary School

    Community school

    506 m
  3. George Salter Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    564 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
4,740
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,940
  • Shoplifting 435
  • Public order 403
  • Vehicle crime 367
  • Criminal damage and arson 362

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
54

25 female, 29 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
3.4
B70 9 residents
8,092

Age bands in B70 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24.1%

1,931 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.7%

1,017 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.2%

2,417 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.8%

1,742 residents

Age 65 and over
11.3%

902 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B70 9 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

39

within 5 km

  • GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE

    18 THE GREAT BRIDGE CENTRE, CHARLES STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0BF

    ODS code Y02701

    1.1 km

  • DR SINGH M

    1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ

    ODS code M88628

    1.1 km

  • DR ARORA RK

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88619

    1.3 km

  • DR DEWAN VK

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88646

    1.3 km

  • LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M88038

    1.3 km

  • ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL

    FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW

    ODS code M88625

    1.3 km

  • GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH

    10 SLATER STREET, GREAT BRIDGE, TIPTON, DY4 7EY

    ODS code M88616

    1.5 km

  • DR GUDI PV & PARTNER

    68 HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0PU

    ODS code M88014

    1.7 km

  • NEW STREET SURGERY

    NEW STREET, HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0HN

    ODS code M88035

    1.8 km

  • OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE

    ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE

    ODS code M88018

    1.9 km

  • DR UI HAQUE N

    6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX

    ODS code M88626

    2.3 km

  • ST PAULS PARTNERS

    6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX

    ODS code M88639

    2.3 km

  • PORTWAY FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M88026

    2.8 km

  • THE VICTORIA SURGERY

    VICTORIA ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 8SS

    ODS code M88600

    2.8 km

  • ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB

    ODS code M88040

    2.9 km

  • WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE

    19 WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE, OLDBURY, B69 2LD

    ODS code M88618

    3.1 km

  • LODGE ROAD SURGERY

    LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU

    ODS code M88633

    3.2 km

  • ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE

    182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB

    ODS code M88647

    3.2 km

  • GLEBEFIELDS SURGERY

    ST. MARKS ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 0SN

    ODS code M88612

    3.3 km

  • CLIFTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    CLIFTON LANE, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3AS

    ODS code M88630

    3.4 km

Showing 20 of 39 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hilton Street

    BCT · Lamberts End

    0.1 miles
  • Hilton Street

    BCT · Lamberts End

    0.1 miles
  • Brandon Way

    BCT · Albion

    0.1 miles
  • Brandon Way

    BCT · Albion

    0.1 miles
  • Piercy Street

    BCT · Lamberts End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 018G, 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

4,741 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £224,000 from 3 recorded sales in B70 9BQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Sandwell is £205,743 in June 2026, up 0.6% year on year.

Schools

113 open schools are in scope, including 78 primary and 19 secondary schools. Ryders Green Primary School is the nearest published school at 374 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,740 published events cover 12 months, averaging 395 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,940 events.

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