Property market
The five-year median is £162,750 from 4 recorded sales in B71 4LS. 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 4LS
St Pauls · Sandwell · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B71 4LS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B71
- Postcode sector
- B71 4
- Latitude
- 52.505997
- Longitude
- -1.962308
- British National Grid easting
- 402,655
- British National Grid northing
- 289,788
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
- E00050826
- Lower layer super output area
- Sandwell 023F · E01010052
- 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
Property
16 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 169, Middlemore Road, West Bromwich, B71 4LS | 10 October 2025 | £145,500 |
| 169, Middlemore Road, West Bromwich, B71 4LS | 30 June 2025 | £131,500 |
| 189, Middlemore Road, West Bromwich, B71 4LS | 5 April 2024 | £192,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 154
- Primary
- 97
- Secondary
- 28
- 403 m
Oasis Academy Wattville
Academy sponsor led
- 471 m
Sandwell Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 641 m
V.A.S.E Academy
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,192
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,980
- Vehicle crime 375
- Criminal damage and arson 293
- Other theft 249
- Drugs 220
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 75
- Postcode households
- 22
- Residents per household
- 3.4
- B71 4 residents
- 4,085
37 female, 38 male
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
This postcode contained 1.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B71 4 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
55
within 5 km
HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE
94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD
ODS code M88041
601 m
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
952 m
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ
ODS code M88002
1.3 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
1.4 km
LODGE ROAD SURGERY
LODGE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 7LU
ODS code M88633
1.6 km
DR UI HAQUE N
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88626
1.7 km
ST PAULS PARTNERS
6 HIGH STREET, WEST BROMWICH, B70 6JX
ODS code M88639
1.7 km
NORVIC FAMILY PRACTICE
5 SUFFRAGE STREET, SMETHWICK, B66 3PZ
ODS code M88009
1.8 km
SAREPHED MEDICAL CENTRE
ARDEN ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 6AJ
ODS code M88610
1.8 km
ST PAUL'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
222 ST. PAULS ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 1HB
ODS code M88040
1.9 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
1.9 km
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
1.9 km
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
1.9 km
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
1.9 km
CAPE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
RAGLAN ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 3NR
ODS code M88006
2.0 km
DRUID GROUP - EMC SURGERY
2A CAVENDISH ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0HZ
ODS code M85706
2.6 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
2.6 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
2.6 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
2.6 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
2.6 km
Showing 20 of 55 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
The Hawthorns (West Midlands Metro)
TMU · Europa Village
- 0.1 miles
The Hawthorns Rail Station
RLY · Smethwick
- 0.1 miles
The Hawthorns (West Midlands Metro)
MET · Smethwick
- 0.1 miles
The Hawthorns (West Midlands Metro)
PLT · Smethwick
- 0.1 miles
The Hawthorns (West Midlands Metro)
PLT · Smethwick
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 023F, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,507 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 11
- Medium risk addresses
- 3
- Low risk addresses
- 6
- 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
Schools
154 open schools are in scope, including 97 primary and 28 secondary schools. Oasis Academy Wattville is the nearest published school at 403 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,192 published events cover 12 months, averaging 349.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,980 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.