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On Oxford Road, in Greets Green East
What it's like at B70 8PE: every home that has sold on Oxford 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 Oxford Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 41 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Oxford RoadTerraced | Feb 2008 | £102,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Oxford RoadTerraced | May 2008 | £127,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Oxford RoadTerraced | Aug 2008 | £113,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Oxford RoadTerraced | Mar 2008 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Oxford RoadTerraced | May 2003 | £48,000 | 123 m² | £390/m² | 4 |
| 9, Oxford RoadTerraced | Jul 2006 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Oxford RoadTerraced | Aug 2007 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Oxford RoadTerraced | Dec 2022 | £145,000 | 97 m² | £1,495/m² | 3 |
| 15, Oxford RoadTerraced | Jun 2000 | £30,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Oxford RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2007 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Oxford RoadTerraced | Jun 2000 | £35,000 | 96 m² | £365/m² | 1 |
| 19, Oxford RoadTerraced | Apr 2008 | £127,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Oxford RoadTerraced | Jan 1998 | £32,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Oxford RoadTerraced | Feb 2008 | £113,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Oxford RoadTerraced | Jul 2005 | £74,000 | 84 m² | £881/m² | 1 |
| 25, Oxford RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £124,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Oxford RoadTerraced | Jun 2001 | £27,250 | 114 m² | £239/m² | 1 |
| 29b, Oxford RoadTerraced | May 2007 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Oxford RoadTerraced | Mar 1998 | £25,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Oxford RoadTerraced | Jan 1999 | £31,150 | 124 m² | £251/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Lodge Road Metro station, a few minutes' walk (200 m). The nearest rail station is Sandwell & Dudley, 1.2 km away, with 1.0m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Oak Lane, 100 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 43, 42); 126 departures an hour from the 16 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 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
42% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Lodge Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 61% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Hargate Primary School (1 km).
The nearest secondary is Shireland Biomedical Utc, 400 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bristnall Hall Academy (3.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (4.9 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (5.6 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Ghosia Mini Market, 500 m away, with Tropical Afro Caribbean Supermarket closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Oakwood Surgery (150 m), with Lodge Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Headstart is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Sandwell Health Campus, 1.5 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: 26 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
West Bromwich Leisure Centre is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Vine the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 261 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 21 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Lyng Park, 450 m away; for exercise, West Bromwich Leisure Centre (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.8 µg/m³).
61 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lodge Estate Primary School | II | 80 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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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%.
36 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 B70 8PE →
For holidays, Birmingham is 19 km away.
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's young: 23% 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 41 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 10 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 | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 91.3% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.3% | 7.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.0% | 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.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 79 min
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