B68
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Oldbury, Brandhall and Hilltop, 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 B68 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 98% of people in B68 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B68 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B68 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B68 at a rate of 75.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 242 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B68.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,309), other crime (382) and vehicle crime (235).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B68 was 80.5 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 B68, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B68 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B68
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwell 024B | 1,999 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.6% |
| Sandwell 024C | 2,257 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 024D | 2,026 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Sandwell 030A | 1,823 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Sandwell 030D | 1,643 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 030E | 1,733 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Sandwell 032A | 1,632 | 135.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Sandwell 032B | 1,705 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 032C | 1,538 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Sandwell 032D | 1,578 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Sandwell 032E | 1,753 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Sandwell 036B | 1,585 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Sandwell 036C | 1,846 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 036D | 1,619 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.3% |
| Sandwell 037A | 1,934 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Sandwell 037B | 1,575 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Sandwell 037C | 1,829 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.2% |
| Sandwell 037D | 1,736 | 96.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 037E | 1,586 | 119.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
Your MP
- Gurinder Singh JosanLabourMP for Smethwick
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 B685
Postcode sectors in B683
Council1
Towns in B681
Postcode districts next to B686
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B68 in brief
B68 is a postcode district covering Oldbury, Brandhall and Hilltop, in Sandwell.
About 34,154 people lived in B68 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £235,000 in 2025 across 325 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 75.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B68 was £235,000 in 2025.
B68 had 33,066 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in B68 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B68, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.