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WS5 4BY

Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree · Sandwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Walsall
Ward
Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree
Local authority
Sandwell
Constituency
West Bromwich
Postcode district
WS5
Postcode sector
WS5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WS5 4EF 59 m
WS5 4BX 95 m
WS5 4BZ 109 m
WS5 4EJ 129 m
WS5 4EL 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WS5 4BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WS
Postcode district
WS5
Postcode sector
WS5 4
Latitude
52.557337
Longitude
-1.957869
British National Grid easting
402,953
British National Grid northing
295,499

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Sandwell · E08000028
Electoral ward
Great Barr, Tamebridge & Yew Tree · E05016615
Parish or community
E43000182
Westminster constituency
West Bromwich · E14001574
Output area
E00050452
Lower layer super output area
Sandwell 002A · E01009969
Middle layer super output area
Sandwell 002 · E02002044

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, The Grove, Walsall, WS5 4BY 14 March 2025 £200,000
53, The Grove, Walsall, WS5 4BY 24 July 2024 £160,000
61, The Grove, Walsall, WS5 4BY 19 April 2024 £175,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
104
Primary
67
Secondary
19

  1. Yew Tree Primary School

    Community school

    354 m

  2. Q3 Academy Great Barr

    Academy sponsor led

    983 m

  3. Delves Infant School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,300
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 630
  • Vehicle crime 198
  • Criminal damage and arson 128
  • Other theft 64
  • Public order 62

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
81

37 female, 44 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.7
WS5 4 residents
12,444

Age bands in WS5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.2%

2,588 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.6%

1,540 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.1%

3,424 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.4%

2,975 residents

Age 65 and over
13.6%

1,654 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WS5 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

31

within 5 km

  • BROADWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    213 BROADWAY, WALSALL, WS1 3HD

    ODS code M91619

    1.7 km

  • TAME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRIAR PARK ROAD, WEDNESBURY, WS10 0JS

    ODS code M88023

    2.1 km

  • STONE CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

    291 WALSALL ROAD, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3LN

    ODS code M88008

    2.1 km

  • CLIFTON LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    CLIFTON LANE, WEST BROMWICH, B71 3AS

    ODS code M88630

    2.3 km

  • LITTLE LONDON SURGERY

    LITTLE LONDON, CALDMORE, WALSALL, WS1 3EP

    ODS code M91008

    2.4 km

  • SCOTT ARMS MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITECREST, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 6EE

    ODS code M88021

    2.5 km

  • THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    158A CRANKHALL LANE, WEDNESBURY, WS10 0EB

    ODS code M88001

    2.7 km

  • BRACE STREET HC- KUMAR

    BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS

    ODS code M91628

    2.8 km

  • BRACE STREET HC- MAHBUB (M91659)

    BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS

    ODS code M91659

    2.8 km

  • BRACE STREET HEALTH CENTRE

    BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS

    ODS code M91014

    2.8 km

  • AMBAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ

    ODS code Y00228

    3.0 km

  • PALFREY HEALTH CENTRE

    151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ

    ODS code M91621

    3.0 km

  • GREAT BARR PRACTICE

    379 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7HB

    ODS code M88015

    3.0 km

  • PLECK HEALTH CENTRE

    16 OXFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9HY

    ODS code M91616

    3.3 km

  • SADDLERS HEALTH CENTRE

    HATHERTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF

    ODS code M91018

    3.6 km

  • UMBRELLA MEDICAL

    1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF

    ODS code M91015

    3.6 km

  • COLLINGWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE

    COLLINGWOOD CENTRE, COLLINGWOOD DRIVE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7NF

    ODS code M91032

    3.7 km

  • OAKESWELL HEALTH CENTRE

    BRUNSWICK PARK ROAD, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9HP

    ODS code M88007

    3.8 km

  • FORRESTER STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 FORRESTER STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9PL

    ODS code M91613

    4.0 km

  • QUESLETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    522 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7DY

    ODS code M91642

    4.1 km

Showing 20 of 31 matching practices.

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brackendale Drive

    BCT · Yew Tree

    0.1 miles

  • Plane Tree Road

    BCT · Yew Tree

    0.1 miles

  • Brackendale Drive

    BCT · Yew Tree

    0.1 miles

  • Plane Tree Road

    BCT · Yew Tree

    0.2 miles

  • Painswick Close

    BCT · Yew Tree

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sandwell 002A, 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

6,522 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £187,500 from 4 recorded sales in WS5 4BY. 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

Published establishments

104 open schools are in scope, including 67 primary and 19 secondary schools. Yew Tree Primary School is the nearest published school at 354 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

1,300 published events cover 12 months, averaging 108.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 630 events.

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