B69
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rowley Regis, Oldbury and Rounds Green, in Sandwell.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an B69 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B69, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B69 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B69 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B69 at a rate of 106.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 343 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B69.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,410), shoplifting (583) and other crime (561).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B69 was 104.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in B69, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B69 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B69
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwell 016E | 2,648 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| Sandwell 021A | 2,030 | 70.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.5% |
| Sandwell 021B | 1,840 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Sandwell 021C | 2,441 | 198.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.7% |
| Sandwell 021E | 1,664 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 022A | 1,631 | 119.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 022C | 1,990 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Sandwell 022D | 1,563 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 022E | 2,315 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Sandwell 022F | 1,869 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 022G | 1,634 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Sandwell 024A | 1,976 | 289.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 79.4% |
| Sandwell 025D | 1,222 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Sandwell 027A | 1,448 | 177.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Sandwell 027B | 2,370 | 136.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 030B | 2,197 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.4% |
| Sandwell 030C | 1,529 | 136.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
MPs for B69
- Sarah CoombesLabourMP for West Bromwich80% of B69’s postcodes
- Gurinder Singh JosanLabourMP for Smethwick20% of B69’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in B692
Postcode sectors in B695
Council1
Towns in B692
Postcode districts next to B696
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B69 in brief
B69 is a postcode district covering Rowley Regis, Oldbury and Rounds Green, in Sandwell.
About 33,083 people lived in B69 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 290 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 106.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B69 was £215,000 in 2025.
B69 had 31,843 usual residents at the census.
In B69, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B69, 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.