# B78 3XZ: area report for a postcode in Tamworth

B78 3XZ is a postcode in Tamworth.

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 Tamworth. Open the map at B78 3XZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) › [B78](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b78) › [B78 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b78-3)

## Around this postcode

- **23 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 35% on July. Tamworth 005D: 43 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **Wilnecote (Staffs), 1.8 km**: About 23 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 680 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **21 of 21 properties in B78 3XZ at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Tamworth 005D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **£229,251 average price**: For the whole of Tamworth, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.5 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 600 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B78 3XZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **Low road and rail noise at B78 3XZ**: Road 48 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ
- **13.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Millfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/millfield-primary-school-e150885) | Primary | 680 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2022 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Two Gates Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/two-gates-primary-school-e146513) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Kettlebrook Short Stay School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kettlebrook-short-stay-school-e133583) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, May 2024 | – |
| [Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hanburys-farm-community-primary-school-e124165) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Longwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longwood-primary-school-e124104) | Primary | 1.6 km (21 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, February 2025 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Dunstall Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dunstall-park-primary-school-e150786) | Primary | 1.7 km (22 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [William MacGregor Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/william-macgregor-primary-school-e146130) | Primary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-gabriels-catholic-primary-school-e152630) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met, before the school changed | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2025 | £365,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| November 2025 | £340,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| September 2025 | £335,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| June 2026 | £325,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| September 2025 | £390,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| August 2023 | £189,950 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| July 2025 | £430,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| January 2026 | £425,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: CREST PHARMACY - FAZELEY (600 m); ASDA PHARMACY (890 m); BOOTS (920 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Fazeley Express (600 m, Tesco); Asda Tamworth Supercentre (760 m, Asda); M&S Tamworth (760 m, Marks and Spencer); Aldi Ventura Park (820 m, Aldi); Iceland Fazeley Food Warehouse (930 m, Iceland)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £229,251** (July 2026). Tamworth’s average house price was £229,251 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £38,496** (2025). Full-time workers living in Tamworth earned a median of £38,496 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 174th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.0×** (2025). A home in Tamworth costs 6.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 93rd 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: 20.2** (2025). Tamworth has a deprivation score of 20.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 134th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Tamworth 005D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 3.5** (2025). Tamworth 005D has a deprivation score of 3.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,424th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £379,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tamworth 005D was £379,000 in 2025. Joint 9,888th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,135** (2021). Tamworth 005D had 1,135 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 11,794th 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: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Tamworth 005D, 100.0% 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.

## B78 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £267,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B78 was £267,500 in 2025. Joint 880th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 25,266** (2021). B78 had 25,266 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,156th 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: 55%** (2022). About 55% of people in B78 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: 85.5%** (January 2026). In B78, 85.5% 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: [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth)
- Centre: 52.6188, -1.7030

Council: [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tamworth): Sarah Edwards (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=-1.7030,52.6188,B783XZ

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