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On Greaves Crescent, in New Invention
What it's like at WV12 5AJ: every home that has sold on Greaves Crescent 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Greaves Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 21 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2000 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2024 | £235,000 | 86 m² | £2,733/m² | 1 |
| 5, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £210,000 | 91 m² | £2,308/m² | 4 |
| 6, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £225,000 | 87 m² | £2,586/m² | 1 |
| 7, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £120,000 | 98 m² | £1,224/m² | 1 |
| 8, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2002 | £50,000 | 88 m² | £568/m² | 1 |
| 9, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 1998 | £39,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2007 | £112,000 | 105 m² | £1,067/m² | 1 |
| 11, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2007 | £102,000 | 93 m² | £1,097/m² | 1 |
| 12, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2007 | £105,000 | 83 m² | £1,265/m² | 1 |
| 13, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2007 | £102,000 | 73 m² | £1,397/m² | 1 |
| 14, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2007 | £105,000 | 85 m² | £1,235/m² | 1 |
| 16, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2007 | £110,000 | 85 m² | £1,294/m² | 1 |
| 17, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | May 2026 | £233,000 | 74 m² | £3,149/m² | 1 |
| 18, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2007 | £100,000 | 83 m² | £1,205/m² | 1 |
| 21, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 1999 | £41,000 | 81 m² | £506/m² | 1 |
| 24, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2007 | £103,000 | 81 m² | £1,272/m² | 1 |
| 26, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £124,000 | 72 m² | £1,722/m² | 1 |
| 28, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £115,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2007 | £112,000 | 97 m² | £1,155/m² | 1 |
| 32, Greaves CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2007 | £143,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bloxwich, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 114k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Ada Wrighton Close, 200 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 9); 50 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is New Invention Infant School, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
The closest top-rated primary is New Invention Learning Academy (0.3 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Coppice Performing Arts School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 43.8 · 3.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Moseley Park (4.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Mary's High School (4.7 km) and Queen Mary's Grammar School (5.8 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Store, 500 m away, with Tesco Express closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is New Invention Health Centre (350 m), with New Invention Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Bounce Hair and Beauty is 900 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Manor Hospital, 4.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 67% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 73% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Chilli Peppers is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Milestone the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 68 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is New Invention Community Green, 600 m away; for exercise, Bloxwich Active Living Centre (3.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 26 km away.
Most households own their home, 14% 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.
23 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.
Wolverhampton North East constituency: Sureena Brackenridge MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,422 (16.3%), turnout 47%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Conservative 27%, Reform UK 23%, Green Party 4%.
10 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 WV12 5AJ →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Walsall 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 21 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 88 min
Nearest: Droitwich Spa Lido · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 17 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 | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.0% | 93.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.8% | 6.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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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