B65
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rowley Regis, Blackheath and Whiteheath Gate, in Sandwell.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an B65 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 88% of people in B65 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B65 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B65 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B65 at a rate of 99.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 213 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B65.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,092), shoplifting (436) and other crime (412).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B65 was 97.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in B65, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B65 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B65
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwell 022B | 1,495 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 025A | 2,153 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Sandwell 025B | 1,401 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 025C | 1,544 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.7% |
| Sandwell 027C | 1,557 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 027D | 1,870 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Sandwell 029A | 1,849 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Sandwell 029B | 1,424 | 185.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 029C | 1,744 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 029D | 1,700 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Sandwell 033A | 1,752 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Sandwell 033B | 1,556 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 033C | 2,371 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Sandwell 033D | 1,598 | 389.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Sandwell 033E | 1,457 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
MPs for B65
- Gurinder Singh JosanLabourMP for Smethwick56% of B65’s postcodes
- Sarah CoombesLabourMP for West Bromwich42% of B65’s postcodes
- Alex BallingerLabourMP for Halesowen2.5% of B65’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in B654
Postcode sectors in B653
Council1
Towns in B651
Postcode districts next to B655
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B65 in brief
B65 is a postcode district covering Rowley Regis, Blackheath and Whiteheath Gate, in Sandwell.
About 25,402 people lived in B65 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 252 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B65 was £210,000 in 2025.
B65 had 24,606 usual residents at the census.
About 88% of people in B65 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B65, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.