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On Oakwood Road, in Smethwick South
What it's like at B67 6BX: every home that has sold on Oakwood Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Oakwood Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 42 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Sept 2016 | £95,000 | 69 m² | £1,377/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Dec 2003 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Jun 2011 | £80,000 | 71 m² | £1,127/m² | 3 |
| 5, Oakwood RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2017 | £85,000 | 80 m² | £1,063/m² | 1 |
| 7, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Jun 2024 | £150,000 | 68 m² | £2,206/m² | 1 |
| 9, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Jan 2017 | £87,000 | 70 m² | £1,243/m² | 3 |
| 10, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Aug 2017 | £115,000 | 72 m² | £1,597/m² | 2 |
| 11, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Jun 2025 | £155,000 | 70 m² | £2,214/m² | 4 |
| 12, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Mar 2020 | £110,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Dec 2007 | £114,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 14, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Sept 2024 | £165,000 | 71 m² | £2,324/m² | 2 |
| 15, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Mar 2012 | £64,500 | 69 m² | £935/m² | 4 |
| 16, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Nov 1998 | £30,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Jul 2016 | £113,000 | 74 m² | £1,527/m² | 4 |
| 20, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Oct 2024 | £215,000 | 74 m² | £2,905/m² | 1 |
| 21, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Dec 2005 | £98,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Dec 1995 | £21,000 | 73 m² | £288/m² | 1 |
| 26, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Apr 2024 | £175,000 | 72 m² | £2,431/m² | 2 |
| 27, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Mar 2006 | £90,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £107,950 | 85 m² | £1,270/m² | 4 |
| 29, Oakwood RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2026 | £175,000 | 68 m² | £2,574/m² | 1 |
| 30, Oakwood RoadOther | Jul 2025 | £166,928 | 71 m² | £2,351/m² | 2 |
| 32, Oakwood RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2004 | £95,000 | 79 m² | £1,203/m² | 1 |
| 34, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Dec 2023 | £173,000 | 86 m² | £2,012/m² | 1 |
| 36, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Sept 2020 | £137,500 | 68 m² | £2,022/m² | 2 |
| 40, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Jul 2022 | £166,000 | 71 m² | £2,338/m² | 2 |
| 42, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Jan 2013 | £89,000 | 74 m² | £1,203/m² | 2 |
| 44, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Jul 2021 | £137,000 | 80 m² | £1,713/m² | 2 |
| 46, Oakwood RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2020 | £124,000 | 69 m² | £1,797/m² | 1 |
| 52, Oakwood RoadTerraced | Sept 2017 | £108,000 | 74 m² | £1,459/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Smethwick Rolfe Street, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 404k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Cemetery Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 26 minutes on weekdays (routes 89, 21); 22 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
43% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Uplands Manor Primary School and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 55% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Shireland Technology Primary (1 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Shireland Collegiate Academy, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 44.5 · 7.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bristnall Hall Academy (1.5 km) and St Paul's School for Girls (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (3.1 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (3.5 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is MIR International Supermarket, 950 m away, with one stop shop closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sarephed Medical Centre (500 m), with Michaels Chemist the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Karwn Barbers is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 2.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
The Old Chapel Inn is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Smethwick Cricket & Athletic C the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 97 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 27% flats and 8% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 56% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Harry Mitchell Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Harry Mitchell Leisure Centre (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 16 km away.
35 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Smethwick constituency: Gurinder Singh Josan MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,188 (31.9%), turnout 48%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Reform UK 16%, Conservative 13%, Green Party 8%.
34 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near B67 6BX →
Most households own their home, 29% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University College Birmingham, 4.8 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 78 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.0% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 7.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 42 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.