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On Grafton Road, in West Bromwich North
What it's like at B71 4EH: every home that has sold on Grafton 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Grafton Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 43 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 8, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £230,000 | 88 m² | £2,614/m² | 3 |
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| 10, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2015 | £132,000 | 78 m² | £1,692/m² | 2 |
| 12, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £46,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £95,000 | 103 m² | £922/m² | 2 |
| 15, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2016 | £132,000 | 102 m² | £1,294/m² | 2 |
| 16, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £36,000 | 92 m² | £391/m² | 1 |
| 19, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £222,500 | 96 m² | £2,318/m² | 1 |
| 20, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2011 | £124,000 | 113 m² | £1,097/m² | 1 |
| 22, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1996 | £38,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | May 2002 | £78,000 | 94 m² | £830/m² | 2 |
| 25, Grafton RoadTerraced | Jun 2013 | £55,000 | 85 m² | £647/m² | 1 |
| 27, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Feb 1995 | £52,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1996 | £23,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1995 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £54,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 35, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2005 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Grafton RoadTerraced | Jun 2012 | £113,000 | 88 m² | £1,284/m² | 1 |
| 37, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £102,000 | 74 m² | £1,378/m² | 1 |
| 41, Grafton RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2005 | £110,000 | 53 m² | £2,075/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, about a 10-minute walk (800 m). The nearest rail station is Sandwell & Dudley, 2.2 km away, with 1.0m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Summerfield Avenue, 200 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 16A, 45); 89 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Hargate Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Shireland CBSO Academy, 300 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 Tesco Stores Ltd - Store, 350 m away, with AA Stores Grafton Road closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Institute of Aesthetics (L1) (650 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Gould Barbers (inside Tesco) is 400 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.
The Queen Inn Cookhouse and Pub is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Horse and Jockey the nearest pub (200 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 Field 1, 600 m away; for exercise, PureGym (400 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.
58 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%.
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 4EH →
On this street: 0 of 31 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 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% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.9% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 11.8% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 78 min
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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 43 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.