Smethwick
Smethwick is covered by postcode districts B66, B67, B68 and B69. It is in the Sandwell council area, England.
Every postcode in Smethwick, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 16
- In use before 2020: 1,006
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,022 postcodes in Smethwick that ONS places, 16 are new since 2020 and 1,006 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 52.4896, longitude -1.9716. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B67 9FX, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Smethwick?
Homes sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 878 of the 998 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 1,022 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Smethwick Rolfe Street, 750 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Smethwick?
Homes in Smethwick sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 234 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £343,500 6 sales
- Semi-detached £245,000 64 sales
- Terraced £200,000 155 sales
- Flat or maisonette £105,000 9 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole B66 district, Smethwick's main postcode district: a typical £190,300.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Smethwick: 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
Are new homes being built in Smethwick?
16 of the 1,022 postcodes now in use in Smethwick came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 321 homes sold in Smethwick were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the B66 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Smethwick | Across the B66 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 234 (0%) | 0 of 76 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 321 (0%) | 0 of 105 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Smethwick?
Ofcom reports on 998 of the 1,022 postcodes in Smethwick. At 878 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 Smethwick at risk of flooding?
6 of the 1,022 postcodes in Smethwick 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 16 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
Which schools are in Smethwick?
The open schools at the postcodes in Smethwick (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Crocketts Community Primary School250 m 472 pupils, 420 places
- Devonshire Infant Academy650 m 346 pupils, 315 places
- Devonshire Junior Academy650 m 349 pupils, 360 places
- Victoria Park Primary750 m 604 pupils, 630 places
- Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery800 m 734 pupils, 920 places
- Shireland Technology Primary900 m 440 pupils, 446 places
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School1.0 km 470 pupils, 464 places
- St Philip's Catholic Primary School1.1 km 209 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Smethwick?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Smethwick is Smethwick Rolfe Street Rail Station, 750 m away in a straight line.
- Smethwick Rolfe Street Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
- Smethwick Galton Bridge High Level Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- Smethwick Galton Bridge Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- The Hawthorns (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 1.9 kmCycle
- Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 1.9 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Smethwick?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Smethwick, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Sarephed Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2026 · Phone 0121 558 0263 100 mWalk
- The Smethwick Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 289 3418 650 mWalk
- Norvic Family Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 565 3760 800 mWalk
- Bearwood Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 0121 429 1345 850 mWalk
- Cape Hill Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 0121 558 2613 1.2 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Smethwick safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,996 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Smethwick over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 477 September 2025
- 510 October 2025
- 532 November 2025
- 453 December 2025
- 448 January 2026
- 459 February 2026
- 475 March 2026
- 484 April 2026
- 496 May 2026
- 533 June 2026
- 640 July 2026
- 489 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 214, possession of weapons 155, robbery 107, other crime 92, theft from the person 48, bicycle theft 15.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Smethwick?
- Council
- Sandwell
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Smethwick (1,021) and West Bromwich (1)
- Police force area
- West Midlands
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Smethwick
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Sandwell about council tax Council tax, on sandwell.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Smethwick
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Smethwick postcodes
1,022 postcodes in use in Smethwick, by district:
Those districts are all in the B postcode area.
Check a Smethwick postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Smethwick
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Smethwick's £210,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Smethwick
- What is it like to live in Smethwick?
- Homes sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 878 of the 998 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 1,022 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Smethwick Rolfe Street, 750 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Smethwick?
- Smethwick is covered by postcode districts B66, B67, B68 and B69, across 1,022 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Smethwick in?
- Smethwick is in the Sandwell council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Smethwick?
- Homes in Smethwick sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 234 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Smethwick?
- In Smethwick, primary schools at its postcodes include Crocketts Community Primary School, Devonshire Infant Academy and Devonshire Junior Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Shireland Collegiate Academy, Aspire AP School 2 and Holly Lodge High School College of Science. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Smethwick have a railway station?
- Yes: Smethwick Rolfe Street is 750 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Smethwick, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Smethwick?
- Ofcom reports on 998 of the 1,022 postcodes in Smethwick. At 878 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Smethwick at risk of flooding?
- 6 of the 1,022 postcodes in Smethwick 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 16 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Smethwick?
- 16 of the 1,022 postcodes now in use in Smethwick came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 321 homes sold in Smethwick were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the B66 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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