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On Ruskin Street, in West Bromwich North
What it's like at B71 1LN: every home that has sold on Ruskin Street 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 Ruskin Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 49 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 53, Ruskin StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2026 | £200,000 | 65 m² | £3,077/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55, Ruskin StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2005 | £65,000 | 75 m² | £867/m² | 1 |
| 57, Ruskin StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2001 | £54,000 | 74 m² | £730/m² | 1 |
| 59, Ruskin StreetSemi-detached | Mar 1995 | £50,000 | 75 m² | £667/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Dudley Street Guns Village Metro station, about a 10-minute walk (700 m). The nearest rail station is Sandwell & Dudley, 2.2 km away, with 1.0m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Gladstone Street, 450 m away, with a bus about every 14 minutes on weekdays (route 47).
The nearest primary school is Hargate Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Shireland CBSO Academy, 500 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bristnall Hall Academy (4.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (4.6 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (5.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl UK GmbH, 450 m away, with R. Bange Stores closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Institute of Aesthetics (L1) (500 m), with Carters Chemist the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, The Beauty Studio is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Sandwell Health Campus, 350 m 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: 16 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Merry Go Round is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Queen's Head the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 114 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 31% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Jesson playing fields, 300 m away; for exercise, YMCA YGym (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 18 km away.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
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.
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.
Tipton and Wednesbury constituency: Antonia Bance MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,385 (10.6%), turnout 43%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 25%, Green Party 5%.
25 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 B71 1LN →
On this street: 1 of 43 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 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 87.8% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 11.9% | 7.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
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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 49 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 78 min
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