# B65 0NX: area report for a postcode in Sandwell

B65 0NX is a postcode in Sandwell.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Sandwell. Open the map at B65 0NX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) › [B65](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b65) › [B65 0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b65-0)

## Around this postcode

- **17 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 32% on July. Sandwell 033E: 121 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **Rowley Regis, 350 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 430 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **No property in B65 0NX listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Sandwell 033E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **£205,830 average price**: For the whole of Sandwell, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 940 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 540 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B65 0NX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **Moderate road and rail noise at B65 0NX**: Road 61 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 4 of 6**: 5% to 10% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX
- **11.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Blackheath Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blackheath-primary-school-e103981) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Primrose Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-primrose-centre-e135253) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022 | – |
| [Causeway Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/causeway-green-primary-school-e103983) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rowley Hall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rowley-hall-primary-school-e150632) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), July 2024, before the school changed | – |
| [St Michael's Church of England High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-church-of-england-high-school-e104019) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | Attainment 8 of 47.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St James CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-james-cofe-primary-school-e131673) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Highfields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfields-primary-school-e103946) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Westminster School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-westminster-school-e132233) | Special | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2024 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2026 | £220,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2025 | £255,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| July 2026 | £310,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| June 2025 | £166,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| June 2024 | £203,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| September 2025 | £159,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| April 2026 | £240,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| December 2023 | £193,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Rowley Regis (350 m, 4 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: CLEMENT ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE (940 m)
- Pharmacies: MW PHILLIPS CHEMISTS (740 m); ROWLEY PHARMACY (770 m); JHL PHARMACIES (830 m); BOOTS (880 m); M W PHILLIPS CHEMISTS (940 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (690 m); BHANDAL DENTAL PRACTICES (810 m)
- Supermarkets: Lidl Blackheath Halesowen (540 m, Lidl); Iceland Blackheath (760 m, Iceland); Tesco Rowley Regis Express (760 m, Tesco); Heron Blackheath Halesowen (790 m, Heron); Budgens Rowley Regis (800 m, Budgens)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £205,830** (July 2026). Sandwell’s average house price was £205,830 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £33,029** (2025). Full-time workers living in Sandwell earned a median of £33,029 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 19th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.2×** (2025). A home in Sandwell costs 6.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 106th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 33.8** (2025). Sandwell has a deprivation score of 33.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 19th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Sandwell 033E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 30.2** (2025). Sandwell 033E has a deprivation score of 30.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,159th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £178,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sandwell 033E was £178,000 in 2025. Joint 4,531st cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,457** (2021). Sandwell 033E had 1,457 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 20,937th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.9%** (January 2026). In Sandwell 033E, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## B65 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £210,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B65 was £210,000 in 2025. Joint 447th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 24,606** (2021). B65 had 24,606 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,192nd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 88%** (2022). About 88% of people in B65 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.2%** (January 2026). In B65, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell)
- Centre: 52.4804, -2.0318

Council: [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Smethwick](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/smethwick): Gurinder Singh Josan (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.0318,52.4804,B650NX

## How to cite

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