# B68 8LX: area report for a postcode in Sandwell

B68 8LX 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 B68 8LX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) › [B68](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b68) › [B68 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b68-8)

## Around this postcode

- **15 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 7% on July. Sandwell 027D: 67 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **Rowley Regis, 940 m**: About 12 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 110 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **26 of 75 properties in B68 8LX at high risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Also 18 at low risk. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Sandwell 027D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **£207,065 average price**: For the whole of Sandwell, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 420 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 790 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B68 8LX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **Moderate road and rail noise at B68 8LX**: Road 64 dB, rail 51 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX
- **14.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Causeway Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/causeway-green-primary-school-e103983) | Primary | 110 m (1 minute on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Oldbury Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oldbury-academy-e137701) | Secondary | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 39.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Al Khair Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/al-khair-primary-school-e141001) | Independent | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [The Orchard School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-orchard-school-e132232) | Special | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [The Primrose Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-primrose-centre-e135253) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022 | – |
| [Langley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/langley-primary-school-e103978) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2022 | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-and-st-huberts-catholic-primary-school-e141926) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Blackheath Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blackheath-primary-school-e103981) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £90,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| March 2023 | £164,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| January 2025 | £159,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| September 2023 | £230,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| May 2024 | £235,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| February 2023 | £230,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| June 2026 | £215,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| November 2025 | £167,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 230 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Rowley Regis (930 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD SURGERY (420 m)
- Pharmacies: OLDBURY PHARMACY (240 m); ROWLEY PHARMACY (760 m)
- Supermarkets: Aldi Langley Birmingham (790 m, Aldi); Budgens Rowley Regis (820 m, Budgens); Asda Oldbury Superstore (850 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £207,065** (August 2026). Sandwell’s average house price was £207,065 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). No change in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 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: 6.3×** (2025). A home in Sandwell costs 6.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 114th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 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 027D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 34.6** (2025). Sandwell 027D has a deprivation score of 34.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,307th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £194,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sandwell 027D was £194,000 in 2025. Joint 6,033rd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,870** (2021). Sandwell 027D had 1,870 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 7,926th most 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: 98.8%** (January 2026). In Sandwell 027D, 98.8% 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.

## B68 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £235,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B68 was £235,000 in 2025. Joint 636th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 33,066** (2021). B68 had 33,066 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 747th 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: 98%** (2022). About 98% of people in B68 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: 98.9%** (January 2026). In B68, 98.9% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell)
- Centre: 52.4823, -2.0197

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), August 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=-2.0197,52.4823,B688LX

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