B69 postcode district: Oldbury and around, Sandwell
B69 is a postcode district in England, with 729 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Oldbury, Rowley Regis, West Bromwich and 2 more places. Its council is Sandwell.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in B69, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 14
- At medium risk at worst: 16
- At low risk at worst: 44
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 655
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 729 postcodes in B69 that ONS places, 14 have a home or business at high risk, 16 are at medium risk at worst, 44 are at low risk at worst and 655 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5028, longitude -2.0302. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
14 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. B69 2BA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. B69 4RB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. B69 4BY, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What broadband can you get in B69?
Ofcom reports on 678 of the 729 postcodes in B69. At 592 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is B69 at risk of flooding?
74 of the 729 postcodes in B69 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 225 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in B69?
Homes in B69 sold for a typical £222,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 196 sales, up 5.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £300,000 33 sales
- Semi-detached £225,000 99 sales
- Terraced £200,000 43 sales
- Flat or maisonette £110,000 21 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in B69
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in B69
Towns and villages with postcodes in B69, and how many each has here.
Who covers B69
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Sandwell729
Constituencies
- West Bromwich586
- Smethwick143
Police force areas
- West Midlands729
Next to B69
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after B69 in the B area.
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