West Bromwich
West Bromwich is covered by postcode districts B43, B70, B71, DY4, WS5, WS10 and 3 more. It is mostly in the Sandwell council area: 2,147 of its 2,151 postcodes. The others are in Walsall.
Every postcode in West Bromwich, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 7
- At medium risk at worst: 14
- At low risk at worst: 45
- At very low risk only: 16
- Not on the at-risk list: 2,069
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 2,151 postcodes in West Bromwich that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 14 are at medium risk at worst, 45 are at low risk at worst, 16 are at very low risk only and 2,069 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 52.5335, longitude -1.9869. 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
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
- 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. B71 1JD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in West Bromwich?
Homes sold for a typical £238,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5% on the 12 months before. At 1,809 of the 2,115 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 138 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 82 of its 2,151 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Tame Bridge Parkway, 2.3 km 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 West Bromwich?
Homes in West Bromwich sold for a typical £238,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 532 sales, up 5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £350,000 67 sales
- Semi-detached £250,000 268 sales
- Terraced £215,000 136 sales
- Flat or maisonette £120,000 61 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole B70 district, West Bromwich's main postcode district: a typical £216,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in West Bromwich: 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 West Bromwich?
49 of the 2,151 postcodes now in use in West Bromwich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 29 of the 784 homes sold in West Bromwich were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the B70 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 West Bromwich | Across the B70 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 532 (Under 1%) | 2 of 125 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 29 of 784 (4%) | 0 of 161 (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 West Bromwich?
Ofcom reports on 2,115 of the 2,151 postcodes in West Bromwich. At 1,809 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 West Bromwich at risk of flooding?
82 of the 2,151 postcodes in West Bromwich 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 138 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 West Bromwich?
The open schools at the postcodes in West Bromwich (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
- St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School50 m 229 pupils, 240 places
- All Saints CofE Primary School500 m 454 pupils, 420 places
- Eaton Valley Primary School750 m 446 pupils, 465 places
- Pennyhill Primary School950 m 647 pupils, 660 places
- Hargate Primary School1.1 km 493 pupils, 480 places
- St John Bosco Catholic Primary School1.1 km 244 pupils, 210 places
- Hall Green Primary School1.3 km 466 pupils, 420 places
- Hateley Heath Academy1.4 km 418 pupils, 444 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 West Bromwich?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in West Bromwich is Tame Bridge Parkway Rail Station, 2.3 km away in a straight line.
- Tame Bridge Parkway Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
- Sandwell & Dudley Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
- Bescot Stadium Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Black Lake (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 1.7 kmCycle
- Dudley Street Guns Village (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 1.7 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 West Bromwich?
The GP practices at the postcodes in West Bromwich, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Clifton Lane Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2025 · Phone 0121 588 7989 1.1 kmWalk
- Stone Cross Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 588 2286 1.4 kmCycle
- Dr Gudi Pv & Partner Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2025 · Phone 0121 556 0455 1.7 kmCycle
- New Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 556 0190 1.8 kmCycle
- Dr Arora Rk Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 612 2222 2.1 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is West Bromwich safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,492 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in West Bromwich 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
- 298 September 2025
- 336 October 2025
- 296 November 2025
- 275 December 2025
- 281 January 2026
- 266 February 2026
- 287 March 2026
- 292 April 2026
- 297 May 2026
- 265 June 2026
- 334 July 2026
- 265 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 102, other crime 88, possession of weapons 79, robbery 63, theft from the person 21, bicycle theft 16.
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 West Bromwich?
- Councils
- Sandwell (2,147) and Walsall (4)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- West Bromwich (1,454), Tipton and Wednesbury (680), Smethwick (13) and 1 other
- 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 West Bromwich
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of West Bromwich is in Sandwell; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- 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 West Bromwich
- 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
West Bromwich postcodes
2,151 postcodes in use in West Bromwich, by district:
Those districts are in the B postcode area, WS postcode area and DY postcode area.
Check a West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside West Bromwich's £238,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about West Bromwich
- What is it like to live in West Bromwich?
- Homes sold for a typical £238,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5% on the 12 months before. At 1,809 of the 2,115 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 138 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 82 of its 2,151 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Tame Bridge Parkway, 2.3 km 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 West Bromwich?
- West Bromwich is covered by postcode districts B43, B70, B71, DY4, WS5, WS10 and 3 more, across 2,151 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in West Bromwich?
- Homes in West Bromwich sold for a typical £238,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 532 sales, up 5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in West Bromwich?
- In West Bromwich, primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School, All Saints CofE Primary School and Eaton Valley Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Phoenix Collegiate, Sandwell Community School and Shireland CBSO Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does West Bromwich have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in West Bromwich is Tame Bridge Parkway, 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in West Bromwich?
- Ofcom reports on 2,115 of the 2,151 postcodes in West Bromwich. At 1,809 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is West Bromwich at risk of flooding?
- 82 of the 2,151 postcodes in West Bromwich 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 138 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 West Bromwich?
- 49 of the 2,151 postcodes now in use in West Bromwich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 29 of the 784 homes sold in West Bromwich were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the B70 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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