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On Mckean Road, in Oldbury & Rood End
What it's like at B69 4AZ: every home that has sold on Mckean 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Mckean Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 63 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 28, Mckean RoadTerraced | Feb 2019 | £155,000 | 92 m² | £1,685/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34, Mckean RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £214,000 | 91 m² | £2,352/m² | 1 |
| 40, Mckean RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1995 | £36,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Mckean RoadTerraced | Sept 2010 | £70,000 | 91 m² | £769/m² | 2 |
| 44, Mckean RoadTerraced | Nov 2001 | £44,000 | 86 m² | £512/m² | 3 |
| 46, Mckean RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Mckean RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2015 | £150,000 | 129 m² | £1,163/m² | 1 |
| 56, Mckean RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £175,100 | 128 m² | £1,368/m² | 1 |
| 60, Mckean RoadSemi-detached | May 2002 | £39,000 | 132 m² | £295/m² | 1 |
| 62, Mckean RoadTerraced | Sept 2014 | £88,000 | 116 m² | £759/m² | 1 |
| 66, Mckean RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £115,000 | 162 m² | £710/m² | 1 |
| 68, Mckean RoadTerraced | Jul 2017 | £110,000 | 123 m² | £894/m² | 1 |
| 70, Mckean RoadTerraced | Mar 2019 | £141,000 | 117 m² | £1,205/m² | 2 |
| 80, Mckean RoadTerraced | May 2005 | £140,000 | 71 m² | £1,972/m² | 1 |
| 82, Mckean RoadDetached | Sept 2006 | £127,500 | 146 m² | £873/m² | 1 |
| 84, Mckean RoadTerraced | Feb 2015 | £118,000 | 132 m² | £894/m² | 1 |
| 90, Mckean RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2016 | £105,000 | 94 m² | £1,117/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Sandwell & Dudley, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Century Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 4H, 4M, 3); 95 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 71% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Moat Farm Junior School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is West Bromwich Collegiate Academy, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 45.3 · 9.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bristnall Hall Academy (2.1 km) and St Paul's School for Girls (5.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (5 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (5.7 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 450 m away, with Fountain Park Supermarket closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Tanuva Aesthetics (250 m), with Albert Street Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Anton Mark Hair...for all is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Sandwell Health Campus, 3.4 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: 17 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
New Testament Church of God c/o Sadie Brooks is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Waggon & Horses the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 142 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 30 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
It's growing: about 204 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
49 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.
West Bromwich constituency: Sarah Coombes MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 9,554 (26.2%), turnout 49%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 6%.
32 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 B69 4AZ →
The nearest park is Rocking Horse Park, 100 m away; for exercise, TeamSport Go Karting (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 18 km away.
Most households own their home, 29% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Sandwell since 2011.
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 63 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 49 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.8% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.7% | 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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Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 77 min
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