NEW POOL ROAD, B64 5BX House Prices & Local Information

B64 5BX is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on New Pool Road, 0.3km from Cradley Forge in Cradley Heath. Administratively it sits within Cradley Heath and Old Hill ward and the Halesowen and Rowley Regis constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, B64 5BX is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. Outside of residential hours, manufacturing, energy and utilities. The 47 average age signals a mature family neighbourhood — long-term residents, good local schools, and high levels of owner-occupation. 59% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 37 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £80k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 8.1% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for B64 5BX are sourced from Output Area E00050377 (shared with 3 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.