B68 8JB maps, stats, and open data

B68 8JB lies on Vicarage Road in Oldbury. B68 8JB is located in the St Pauls electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Sandwell and the English Parliamentary constituency of Warley. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Black Country ICB - D2P2L and the police force is West Midlands. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

B68 8JB maps

B68 8JB map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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B68 8JB geodata

Easting	400118
Northing	288465
Latitude	52.494094
Longitude	-1.999691

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B68 8JB?

Street	Vicarage Road
Town/City	Oldbury
Country	England
Postcode District	B68
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B68 8JB Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B68 8JB as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	170m	558ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	St Pauls
Constituency	Warley

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of B68 8JB

January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Parking Area	442m
January 2024	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Cemetery Road	477m
December 2023	Vehicle crime	On or near Cemetery Road	477m
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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B68 8JB

Tat Bank Crossroads (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	27m
Tat Bank Crossroads (Tat Bank Rd)	Rood End	75m
Tat Bank Rd (Rood End Rd)	Rood End	77m
Richmond Hill (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	167m
Richmond Hill (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	201m

Nearest railway stations to B68 8JB

Langley Green Station	0.4km
Smethwick Galton Bridge Station	1.6km
Sandwell & Dudley Station	1.8km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in B68 8JB (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband limitations in B68 8JB (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

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B68 8JB gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in B68 8JB by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	103,225
Meter count	6
Mean (kWh/meter)	17,204
Median (kWh/meter)	17,054

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	13,312
Meter count	6
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,219
Median (kWh/meter)	1,080

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B68 8JB, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in B68 8JB.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
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Deprivation

88.1% of English postcodes are less deprived than B68 8JB:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B68 8JB (meters)

Masters Pharmacy

182-184 Vicarage Road

Angella Caribbean Takeaway

151 Vicarage Road

45m

Sam's Fish Chips & Pizza

166 Vicarage Road

45m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to B68 8JB

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Priory Drive / Vicarage Road	17:15	12:00	34m
Crosswells Road / Vicarage Road	17:45	12:00	389m
Rood End Post Office	17:15	12:00	403m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to B68 8JB

Facility	Distance
Warley Rfc (St Johns Pitches) St. Johns Road, Oldbury Grass Pitches	391m
Basons Playing Fields Basons Lane, Oldbury Grass Pitches	429m
Warley Rfc Tat Bank Road, Oldbury Grass Pitches, Artificial Grass Pitch	497m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to B68 8JB

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Rood End Primary School Rood End Road, Oldbury, B68 8SQ	Primary	166m
George Betts Primary Academy West End Avenue, Smethwick, B66 1RE	Primary	881m
Holly Lodge High School College of Science Holly Lane, Smethwick, B67 7JG	Secondary	895m

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B68 8JB ITL and B68 8JB LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for B68 8JB:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLG	West Midlands (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLG3	West Midlands
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLG37	Sandwell
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000028	Sandwell

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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B68 8JB census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for B68 8JB:

	Code	Name
OA	E00050678
LSOA	E01010021	Sandwell 024D
MSOA	E02002066	Sandwell 024

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to B68 8JB

B68 9UG	Barker Street	46m
B68 8JA	Vicarage Road	49m
B68 8JE	Greenwood Avenue	76m
B68 8SH	Rood End Road	86m
B68 9RZ	Warley Road	108m
B68 8JP	Mushroom Hall Road	109m
B68 9RR	Birch Street	110m
B68 8HY	Vicarage Road	117m
B68 9RY	Warley Road	121m
B68 8HZ	Priory Drive	137m

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