Schools
117 open schools are in scope, including 81 primary and 19 secondary schools. George Salter Academy is the nearest published school at 473 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B70 9SQ
West Bromwich Central · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B70 9SQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1998
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B70
- Postcode sector
- B70 9
- Latitude
- 52.525790
- Longitude
- -2.005272
- British National Grid easting
- 399,739
- British National Grid northing
- 291,989
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
- E00177477
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 017D · E01010103
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 017 · E02002059
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
- 117
- Primary
- 81
- Secondary
- 19
- 473 m
George Salter Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 589 m
Ryders Green Primary School
Community school
- 639 m
Shireland Biomedical Utc
University technical college
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,324
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,382
- Shoplifting 452
- Vehicle crime 430
- Public order 371
- Criminal damage and arson 355
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B70 9 residents
- 8,092
Age bands in B70 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.3%
1,931 residents
1,017 residents
2,417 residents
1,742 residents
902 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
40
within 5 km straight-line
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
1.2 km
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
1.2 km
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
1.2 km
ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88625
1.2 km
DR SINGH M
1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ
ODS code M88628
1.2 km
DR GUDI PV & PARTNER
68 HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0PU
ODS code M88014
1.2 km
NEW STREET SURGERY
NEW STREET, HILL TOP, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0HN
ODS code M88035
1.3 km
GREAT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE
18 THE GREAT BRIDGE CENTRE, CHARLES STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0BF
ODS code Y02701
1.5 km
GREAT BRIDGE PSHIP FOR HEALTH
10 SLATER STREET, GREAT BRIDGE, TIPTON, DY4 7EY
ODS code M88616
1.9 km
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
2.0 km
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
2.0 km
CLIFTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
CLIFTON LANE, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3AS
ODS code M88630
2.5 km
OLDBURY HEALTH CENTRE
ALBERT STREET, OLDBURY, B69 4DE
ODS code M88018
2.5 km
STONE CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
291 WALSALL ROAD, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3LN
ODS code M88008
2.7 km
ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB
ODS code M88040
3.0 km
JUBILEE HEALTH CENTRE
1 UPPER RUSSELL STREET, WEDNESBURY, WS10 7AR
ODS code M88022
3.0 km
THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
158A CRANKHALL LANE, WEDNESBURY, WS10 0EB
ODS code M88001
3.1 km
OAKESWELL HEALTH CENTRE
BRUNSWICK PARK ROAD, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9HP
ODS code M88007
3.2 km
LODGE ROAD SURGERY
LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU
ODS code M88633
3.2 km
THE SPIRES HEALTH CENTRE
RICHARD NUGENT CENTRE, KINGSBURY CLOSE, WEDNESBURY, WS10 7DB
ODS code M88643
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 40 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Chapel Street
BCT · Guns Village
- 0.1 miles
Guns Village Metro
BCT · Guns Village
- 0.1 miles
Farley Clock Tower
BCT · Guns Village
- 0.1 miles
Guns Village Metro
BCT · Guns Village
- 0.1 miles
Farley Clock Tower
BCT · Guns Village
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 017D, 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
3,627 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,324 published events cover 12 months, averaging 443.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,382 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.