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On Victoria Road, in Sutton Coldfield South & Central
What it's like at B72 1SY: every home that has sold on Victoria 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Victoria Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 30 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £415,000 | 144 m² | £2,882/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £375,000 | 131 m² | £2,863/m² | 4 |
| 7, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £416,000 | 151 m² | £2,755/m² | 4 |
| 9, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £200,000 | 65 m² | £3,077/m² | 1 |
| 11, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £312,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | May 2011 | £178,000 | 93 m² | £1,914/m² | 1 |
| 17, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £290,000 | 79 m² | £3,671/m² | 2 |
| 27, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2002 | £98,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2017 | £265,000 | 96 m² | £2,760/m² | 1 |
| 31, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £240,000 | 86 m² | £2,791/m² | 1 |
| 33, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2016 | £255,000 | 94 m² | £2,713/m² | 2 |
| 35, Victoria RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2011 | £190,000 | 103 m² | £1,845/m² | 1 |
| 37, Victoria RoadTerraced | Jul 2001 | £95,000 | 129 m² | £736/m² | 1 |
| 41, Victoria RoadDetached | Jun 2024 | £372,500 | 100 m² | £3,725/m² | 2 |
| 43, Victoria RoadDetached | Feb 2017 | £270,000 | 116 m² | £2,328/m² | 2 |
| 45, Victoria RoadDetached · company-owned | Nov 2019 | £440,000 | 178 m² | £2,472/m² | 2 |
| Unit 4, Wrens Court, Victoria RoadOther · company-owned | Mar 2018 | £395,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Unit 6, Wrens Court, Victoria RoadOther · company-owned | Dec 2020 | £444,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Sutton Coldfield, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Trinity Hill, 100 m away, with a bus about every 43 minutes on weekdays (routes 77, 77A, 110); 108 departures an hour from the 21 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 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Town House Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Plantsbrook School, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 51.8 · 14.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls (0.3 km) and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (1.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 150 m away; Tk Maxx (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Manor Practice (500 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Ahead Barber Shop is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 10 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 50 restaurants and cafés and 12 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Sutton Pizza and Grill House is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Sutton Sports & Social Club the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 135 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 20 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 19% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Trinity Park, 150 m away; for exercise, The Gym (200 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 13 km away.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
54 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 63, Coleshill Street | II | 110 m |
| 61, Coleshill Street | II | 110 m |
| 57 and 59, Coleshill Street | II | 120 m |
| 55, Coleshill Street | II | 120 m |
| 51 and 53, Coleshill Street | II | 130 m |
| the Rectory | II | 140 m |
| 47 and 49, Coleshill Street | II | 140 m |
| 43 and 45, Coleshill Street | II | 140 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.
Sutton Coldfield constituency: Sir Andrew Mitchell MP (Conservative), since June 2001. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,543 (5.3%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Labour 33%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 5%.
31 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 B72 1SY →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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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 30 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 22 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 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 73.2% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 26.4% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.4% | 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: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 88 min
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