Schools
135 open schools are in scope, including 90 primary and 27 secondary schools. Sandwell Academy is the nearest published school at 409 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B71 4JR
St Pauls · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B71 4JR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1998
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B71
- Postcode sector
- B71 4
- Latitude
- 52.510190
- Longitude
- -1.973237
- British National Grid easting
- 401,913
- British National Grid northing
- 290,254
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Sandwell · E08000028
- Electoral ward
- St Pauls · E05016628
- Parish or community
- E43000182
- Westminster constituency
- Smethwick · E14001478
- Output area
- E00177474
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 023B · E01010047
- Middle layer super output area
- Sandwell 023 · E02002065
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 B71
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 135
- Primary
- 90
- Secondary
- 27
- 409 m
Sandwell Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 411 m
Sandwell Valley School
Other independent school
- 712 m
V.A.S.E Academy
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,103
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,404
- Vehicle crime 278
- Drugs 199
- Criminal damage and arson 198
- Public order 180
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B71 4 residents
- 4,085
Age bands in B71 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.3%
723 residents
485 residents
1,080 residents
1,219 residents
685 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
58
within 5 km straight-line
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
809 m
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
809 m
HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE
94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD
ODS code M88041
1.0 km
LODGE ROAD SURGERY
LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU
ODS code M88633
1.4 km
ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB
ODS code M88040
1.5 km
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ
ODS code M88002
1.7 km
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
1.8 km
DR ARORA RK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88619
1.8 km
DR DEWAN VK
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88646
1.8 km
LINKWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LYNG CENTRE FOR HEALTH, FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88038
1.8 km
ST PAUL'S PARTNERSHIP - LYNG MEDICAL
FRANK FISHER WAY, WEST BROMWICH, B70 7AW
ODS code M88625
1.8 km
DR SINGH M
1 CAMBRIDGE STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 8HQ
ODS code M88628
2.0 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
2.2 km
SAREPHED MEDICAL CENTRE
ARDEN ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 6AJ
ODS code M88610
2.2 km
NORVIC FAMILY PRACTICE
5 SUFFRAGE STREET, SMETHWICK, B66 3PZ
ODS code M88009
2.4 km
ROOD END MEDICAL PRACTICE
182-184 VICARAGE ROAD, OLDBURY, B68 8JB
ODS code M88647
2.5 km
WARLEY ROAD SURGERY
118 WARLEY ROAD, WARLEY, OLDBURY, B68 9SZ
ODS code M88640
2.6 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
2.7 km
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
2.7 km
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
2.7 km
Showing 20 of 58 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Kenrick Way
BCT · Europa Village
- 0.1 miles
Kenrick Way
BCT · Europa Village
- 0.3 miles
Beeches Road
BCT · West Bromwich
- 0.3 miles
Beeches Road
BCT · West Bromwich
- 0.3 miles
Halfords Lane
BCT · Europa Village
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 023B, 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
4,581 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
3,103 published events cover 12 months, averaging 258.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,404 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.