Raleigh Close Birmingham

101 addresses across 3 postcodes (B21), about 390 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 2705481.

  • Sales: 39 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £58,750 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Birmingham cost £234,867 in August 2026 (+1.5% on a year); private rents averaged £1,106 a month.
  • Energy: 89 homes have an energy certificate (C: 83, D: 5, E: 1).
  • Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
  • Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 2 times (0 hours) in 2025.
  • Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility, is 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A41, carries 25,590 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Birmingham costs £2,363 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is The Hawthorns, about 800 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Sandwell Valley Country Park, is about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 15.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 8.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 171 to 176 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 6 of its 101 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Holyhead Primary Health Care Centre, about 810 m (0.5 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 550 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 28% of households owned their home and 24% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 91 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20201£58,750£58,750£58,750
20191£139,500£139,500£139,500
20171£120,000£120,000£120,000
20131£90,000£90,000£90,000
20111£45,000£45,000£45,000
20091£83,000£83,000£83,000
20082£107,005£85,000£129,010
20062£114,250£105,000£123,500
20052£72,250£48,500£96,000
20043£95,000£47,500£105,000
20031£90,000£90,000£90,000
20021£78,000£78,000£78,000
All 39 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
11 Feb 202064 B21 8JYTerraced£58,750
31 Oct 200372 B21 8JYTerraced£90,000
19 Jan 200172 B21 8JYTerraced£20,500
27 Mar 199872 B21 8JYTerraced£22,000Leasehold.
27 Feb 199572 B21 8JYTerraced£61,653New build.
1 Dec 199574 B21 8JYSemi-detached£64,134New build.
1 Aug 200576 B21 8JYTerraced£48,500Leasehold.
12 Jan 199678 B21 8JYTerraced£44,500
1 Dec 199584 B21 8JYSemi-detached£59,000New build.
30 Mar 200688 B21 8JYTerraced£105,000
14 Jun 199994 B21 8JYTerraced£77,484
31 Jul 199595 B21 8JXTerraced£44,000
12 Aug 201696 B21 8JYTerraced£101,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
12 Oct 199597 B21 8JXTerraced£57,708
16 Sep 201198 B21 8JYSemi-detached£45,000Leasehold.
1 Dec 199599 B21 8JXSemi-detached£50,000New build.
1 Dec 1995102 B21 8JYSemi-detached£58,814New build.
12 Oct 1999104 B21 8JYSemi-detached£80,891
22 Jan 1999106 B21 8JYDetached£82,482New build.
17 Mar 1999112 B21 8JYSemi-detached£80,488New build.
7 May 2019114 B21 8JYSemi-detached£139,500
19 Jul 2013114 B21 8JYSemi-detached£90,000
4 Feb 1998114 B21 8JYSemi-detached£44,000
26 Nov 2008116 B21 8JYTerraced£85,000
15 Feb 2008116 B21 8JYTerraced£129,010Leasehold.
16 Jun 2017118 B21 8JYTerraced£120,000
27 Mar 2009118 B21 8JYTerraced£83,000
3 Dec 2004118 B21 8JYSemi-detached£105,000
7 Feb 1997118 B21 8JYSemi-detached£43,000
20 Feb 1997120 B21 8JYTerraced£43,500
14 Oct 2004124 B21 8JYTerraced£95,000Leasehold.
14 Oct 2004124 B21 8JYTerraced£47,500
26 Oct 1995124 B21 8JYTerraced£56,111New build.
1 Dec 1995127 B21 8JXSemi-detached£70,460New build.
7 Jul 2006128 B21 8JYTerraced£123,500
11 Dec 2002128 B21 8JYSemi-detached£78,000
12 Sep 1996128 B21 8JYSemi-detached£43,000
21 Dec 1995131 B21 8JXSemi-detached£43,000New build.
17 May 2005132 B21 8JYTerraced£96,000

House prices and rents in Birmingham

A typical home in Birmingham cost £234,867 in August 2026, 1.5% more than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 47% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£444,169
Semi-detached£276,268
Terraced£223,462
Flat or maisonette£143,861
Bought by a first-time buyer£212,774

Private renters in Birmingham paid £1,106 a month on average in September 2026, 3.3% more than a year before. That is 36% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£834
Two bedrooms£1,009
Three bedrooms£1,141
Four or more bedrooms£1,587

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from November 2008 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

89 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 69 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (32); House, mid-terrace (30); House, semi-detached (27). Built: 1983-1990 (57); 1991-1995 (29); 1976-1982 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (78); owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (4).

Each home's certificates and sales (89 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 11,864 kWh of it on average in 2024, 20% less than the district's 14,815 kWh, and 2,934 kWh of electricity, 10% less than the district's 3,265 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
B21 8JY52 13 Economy 72,626 kWh 5210,785 kWh
B21 8JX43 6 Economy 73,003 kWh 4510,524 kWh
B21 8JE342,635 kWh 3314,016 kWh

These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is B21.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Birmingham in 2026-27: Band D £2,363 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,575£1,838£2,100£2,363£2,888£3,413£3,938£4,726

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (37% of about 520 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): CITY WIDE HMO.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility Sandwell DC/17/61177 Energy from waste (incinerator) 47 MW Being built Nov 2021 2.7 km (1.7 miles)
Kelvin Energy Recovery Facility Sandwell DC/17/61177 Energy from waste (incinerator) 47 MW Being built Nov 2021 2.7 km (1.7 miles)
Oldbury Sandwell DC/10/52897 Advanced Conversion Technologies 40 MW Operational Jan 2014 4.9 km (3 miles)

Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
B21 8JYnot in 2 or 3 1 / 1 / 2 unlikely
B21 8JXnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely
B21 8JEnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.

Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 2 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into Trib River Tame.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Handsworth-Oxhill Rd/Avenue Rd Jct (Cso) Severn Trent Water Trib River Tame 2 0 830 m (0.5 miles)

A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

3 of the street's 3 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.

Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.

By postcode centre: 1 to 3% (1); 5 to 10% (3).

Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 101 addresses are between 171 m and 176 m above sea level (175 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
B21 8JE100%100%100%0%
B21 8JX100%100%100%0%
B21 8JY100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsThe Hawthorns 334,000 journeys in 2024–25800 m (0.5 miles)
Smethwick Rolfe Street 404,000 journeys in 2024–251.9 km (1.2 miles)
Smethwick Galton Bridge 698,000 journeys in 2024–251.9 km (1.2 miles)
Underground, metro or tramThe Hawthorns (West Midlands Metro)800 m (0.5 miles)
Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro)1 km (0.6 miles)
Kenrick Park (West Midlands Metro)1.8 km (1.1 miles)
Bus stops6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 28 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Middlemore Road Leveretts200 m
Bus or coach stationWest Bromwich Bus Station2.7 km (1.7 miles)
Car parksMercure Birmingham West Car Park1.4 km (0.9 miles)
EV charging points9 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ionity Charging Station760 m (0.5 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsBirmingham Airport BHX15.5 km (9.6 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Holyhead Primary Health Care Centre Good Jan 2025810 m (0.5 miles)
Pharmacies5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Handsworth Pharmacy770 m (0.5 miles)
NHS dentists4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Handsworth Dental Care630 m (0.4 miles)
HospitalMidland Metropolitan University Hospital2.2 km (1.4 miles)
Care homes1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Church Rose Nursing Home Requires improvement Dec 2023920 m (0.6 miles)
Police stationWest Midlands Police2 km (1.3 miles)
Cash machines2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Applegreen - Excelsior Service Station, Handsworth270 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or gardenSandwell Valley Country Park 138 ha1 km (0.6 miles)
Play area1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 620 m²130 m
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Sandwell Recreation Ground 3.8 ha130 m
Allotments3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Sandwell Allotments 6.8 ha690 m (0.4 miles)

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Mortuary Chapel at Handsworth Cemetery, a listed building (Grade I), 400 m (0.2 miles) north. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Mortuary Chapel at Handsworth CemeteryListed building, Grade I400 m (0.2 miles) north
Sandwell Priory, a Benedictine monasteryScheduled monument1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west
Smethwick Engine HouseScheduled monument1.5 km (0.9 miles) south
Remains of the Boulton and Watt Soho foundry and mint, Birmingham Canal, SmethwickScheduled monument1.5 km (1 mile) south
Dartmouth ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II2 km (1.3 miles) north-west
Handsworth Park (Formerly Victoria Park)Registered park or garden, Grade II2.1 km (1.3 miles) east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Priory WoodsWood1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-west
Swan PoolLake or reservoir1.7 km (1.1 miles) north
Forge Mill LakeLake or reservoir2.2 km (1.4 miles) north
Garden GroveWood2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-east
Smethwick Hall PoolLake or reservoir2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-west
Bromford StopIsland3.4 km (2.1 miles) west

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)15.64010
Fine particles (PM2.5)8.1205
Particles (PM10)12.94015

All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.

Road and rail noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5960
Under 5595101

6 of the street's 101 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.

Climate, daylight and earthquakes

Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Birmingham: see them on the Birmingham page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 4 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
St James Church of England Primary School, HandsworthPrimary4–11560 m (0.3 miles) No published inspection 71% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 67% in 2024 and 50% in 2023)
St John Wall Catholic School Roman CatholicSecondary11–16660 m (0.4 miles) Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 50.2 (44.7 in 2025 and 48.5 in 2024); 51.3% grade 5+ in English and maths
Oasis Academy WattvillePrimary3–11780 m (0.5 miles) Inadequate (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) None published
Sandwell AcademySecondary11–18820 m (0.5 miles) Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.0 (49.1 in 2025 and 47.7 in 2024); 48.2% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C+; 14.5% AAB or better; progress above average
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–11860 m (0.5 miles) Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) None published
Holyhead SchoolSecondary11–18930 m (0.6 miles) Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 43.6 (43.2 in 2025 and 41.4 in 2024); 41% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C+; 9.5% AAB or better; progress average
Rookery SchoolPrimary3–111.2 km (0.7 miles) Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 51% in 2024 and 55% in 2023)
William Murdoch Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.3 km (0.8 miles) Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 66% in 2024 and 66% in 2023)
Galton Valley Primary SchoolPrimary2–111.4 km (0.9 miles) Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) 71% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 71% in 2024 and 77% in 2023)
Oasis Academy BoultonPrimary3–111.6 km (1 mile) No published inspection 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 79% in 2024 and 66% in 2023)
Grove SchoolPrimary3–111.7 km (1 mile) No published inspection 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 51% in 2023)
James Watt Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.7 km (1.1 miles) No published inspection 54% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 50% in 2023)

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

7 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 520 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Grapevine Day Nursery Limited B21 0LH Full day care 51 Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 520 m (0.3 miles)
Little Peaches Nursery B21 0HH Full day care 65 Not inspected yet 630 m (0.4 miles)
Seven Up Play B21 8AH Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 1 km (0.6 miles)
Digital Creativity Explorers & Skill Club B21 9NL Full day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Insight Learning B21 9JS Full day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Ilm Day Nursery B21 9LE Full day care 60 Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Ilm Day Nursery B21 0PD Full day care 53 Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.4 km (0.9 miles)

Ofsted also registers 319 childminders and 119 home childcarers (nannies) in Birmingham. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 4 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Maiwand Dried Fruit and Nuts B21 8JFRetailers - other160 m3 Generally satisfactory22 Jan 2025
AFG BAZAAR DRIED FRUITS LTD B21 8JFOther catering premises160 m2 Improvement necessary27 Aug 2025
Natura B21 8JFOther catering premises160 mAwaiting inspection
5Up B21 8JFOther catering premises160 mAwaiting inspection
Costa Coffee B21 0APRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen210 mAwaiting inspection
Chick King Fish Bar B21 0APTakeaway/sandwich shop250 m4 Good14 May 2025
The Range B21 0APRetailers - other250 m5 Very good21 Feb 2019
Low Fuel Prices Always B21 0LLRetailers - other270 m4 Good21 Nov 2023
Wickes Building Supplies Ltd B21 0LLRetailers - other270 mExempt
Handsworth PFS B21 0LLRetailers - other270 m2 Improvement necessary9 Apr 2026
ZAHID AHAD UK LIMITED B21 0BNImporters/Exporters310 m3 Generally satisfactory7 Jul 2026
Care and Support Services B21 0ASHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises370 mAwaiting inspection
Boing Boing Samosa's B21 8NRRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen370 mAwaiting inspection
McDonalds B21 0APRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen370 mAwaiting inspection
Zakopane B21 0ASRetailers - other390 m4 Good3 Dec 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

91 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences32
Public order13
Shoplifting9
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage and arson5
Anti-social behaviour5
Robbery5
Drugs5
Other theft3
Burglary3
Possession of weapons2

Most of these are attached to: On or near Boundary Place (53); On or near Raleigh Close (18); On or near Fell Grove (9); On or near Willow Drive (7); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (4).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.

Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.

Traffic on nearby roads

The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A41 between A4040 Handsworth and LA Boundary, with 25,590 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 170 m from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A41 A4040 Handsworth to LA Boundary 25,590 estimated; counted 2022 3% 0% since 2015 170 m

Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 2 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 548 residents in 181 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age3340
Children under 1522%17%
Aged 65 and over8%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)28%61%
Owned outright15%33%
Shared ownership3%1%
Social rented56%17%
Private rented13%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work47%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)19%6%
Retired (of adults)8%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)5%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)12%32%
Travel to work by car or van55%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram6%4%
By any public transport, including bus24%8%
On foot or by bicycle6%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)75%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away4%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)24%34%
No qualifications26%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification5%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)75%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all10%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • B21 8JY: 55 addresses of 57 in the postcode
  • B21 8JX: 45 addresses
  • B21 8JE: 1 address of 39 in the postcode

Nearby streets

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What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
  • How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
  • Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
  • How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.