Property market
The five-year median is £206,000 from 1,751 recorded sales in B71. 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.
B71
UK postcode district
Part of West Bromwich
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 795
- Current units
- 687
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 108
Postcode sectors in B71
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
10,884 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 95, Griffiths Road, West Bromwich, B71 2EJ | 24 July 2026 | £200,000 |
| 112, Gordon Avenue, West Bromwich, B71 2HU | 20 July 2026 | £195,000 |
| 75, Hampshire Road, West Bromwich, B71 2PS | 17 July 2026 | £185,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,141
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,625
- Vehicle crime 296
- Criminal damage and arson 270
- Public order 205
- Other theft 165
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- B71 usual residents
- 33,381
- Age-profile population
- 33,808
Age bands in B71
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.1%
- 6,444 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.6%
- 4,261 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.3%
- 8,905 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26%
- 8,778 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 16%
- 5,420 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 682 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 673 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 633 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
CLIFTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
CLIFTON LANE, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3AS
ODS code M88630
STONE CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
291 WALSALL ROAD, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3LN
ODS code M88008
Evidence in context
Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,141 published events cover 12 months, averaging 262 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,625 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.