B68 9RR maps, stats, and open data

B68 9RR lies on Birch Street in Oldbury. B68 9RR 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 9RR maps

B68 9RR map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)
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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024; Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2024; Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0

B68 9RR geodata

Easting	400214
Northing	288519
Latitude	52.494580
Longitude	-1.998277

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is B68 9RR?

Street	Birch Street
Town/City	Oldbury
Country	England
Postcode District	B68
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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B68 9RR Elevation

Elevation or altitude of B68 9RR 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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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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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 9RR

January 2024	Anti-social behaviour	On or near Cemetery Road	394m
December 2023	Vehicle crime	On or near Cemetery Road	394m
November 2023	Other crime	On or near Cemetery Road	394m
➜ Birch Street crime map and outcomes

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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to B68 9RR

Tat Bank Rd (Rood End Rd)	Rood End	116m
Tat Bank Crossroads (Vicarage Rd)	Rood End	131m
Tat Bank Crossroads (Tat Bank Rd)	Rood End	155m
Birch St (St Johns Rd)	Rood End	182m
Birch St (St Johns Rd)	Rood End	193m

Nearest railway stations to B68 9RR

Langley Green Station	0.5km
Smethwick Galton Bridge Station	1.4km
Sandwell & Dudley Station	1.8km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B68 9RR

Broadband access in B68 9RR (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 speed in B68 9RR (2019 data)

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Median download speed	50.0Mbps
Average download speed	87.0Mbps
Maximum download speed	350.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	13.5Mbps
Average upload speed	13.0Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in B68 9RR (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%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for B68 9RR

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B68 9RR gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in B68 9RR by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	233,250
Meter count	15
Mean (kWh/meter)	15,550
Median (kWh/meter)	16,144

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	39,696
Meter count	12
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,308
Median (kWh/meter)	2,895

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in B68 9RR, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in B68 9RR.
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 9RR:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to B68 9RR (meters)

Masters Pharmacy

182-184 Vicarage Road

110m

Jimmy's Halal Meat & Groceries

1 Rood End Road

119m

Elite Wine & Convenience

12 Rood End Road

126m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to B68 9RR

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Priory Drive / Vicarage Road	17:15	12:00	76m
Rood End Post Office	17:15	12:00	332m
Basons Lane / Darby Road	17:30	12:00	431m

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Nearest sports facilities to B68 9RR

Facility	Distance
Warley Rfc (St Johns Pitches) St. Johns Road, Oldbury Grass Pitches	288m
Basons Playing Fields Basons Lane, Oldbury Grass Pitches	370m
Warley Rfc Tat Bank Road, Oldbury Grass Pitches, Artificial Grass Pitch	586m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to B68 9RR

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Rood End Primary School Rood End Road, Oldbury, B68 8SQ	Primary	162m
Holly Lodge High School College of Science Holly Lane, Smethwick, B67 7JG	Secondary	785m
George Betts Primary Academy West End Avenue, Smethwick, B66 1RE	Primary	800m

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B68 9RR ITL and B68 9RR 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 9RR:

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 9RR 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 9RR:

	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 9RR

B68 9UG	Barker Street	64m
B68 9RU	Birch Street	88m
B68 9RY	Warley Road	92m
B68 8JB	Vicarage Road	110m
B68 8SJ	Rood End Road	117m
B68 9UQ	Barker Street	120m
B68 8SH	Rood End Road	125m
B68 9RZ	Warley Road	127m
B68 8JA	Vicarage Road	155m
B68 9RT	Apollo Road	162m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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