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On Kipling Close, in Tibbington
What it's like at DY4 0SJ: every home that has sold on Kipling Close 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 Kipling Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 4 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Kipling CloseSemi-detached | Jun 1997 | £32,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Kipling CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2012 | £60,000 | 99 m² | £606/m² | 1 |
| 11, Kipling CloseSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2026 | £140,000 | 84 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 15, Kipling CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £136,000 | 194 m² | £701/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Tipton, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 359k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Glebefields Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 43, 42); 48 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Glebefields Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 46% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Q3 Academy Tipton, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 36.4 · 5.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Moseley Park (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Mary's Grammar School (7.9 km) and Queen Mary's High School (8.3 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 150 m away; Murry Hall Community Trust (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Swanpool Medical Centre (150 m), with Swanpool Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Ash Beauty Shop is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Sandwell Health Campus, 5.1 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Peaky Bites Takeaway Café is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The English Oak the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 130 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 26% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Walker's Hall Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Tipton Sports Academy (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 23 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% 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.
37 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%.
29 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 DY4 0SJ →
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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 4 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 82 min
Nearest: Droitwich Spa Lido · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.8% | 92.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.1% | 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.