CROSS STREET, B65 0DN House Prices & Local Information

B65 0DN is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Cross Street, 0.6km from Ross in Blackheath. Administratively it sits within Blackheath ward and the Halesowen and Rowley Regis constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, B65 0DN is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. A balanced community with an average age of 45 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 37% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 79 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £90k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. 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 B65 0DN are sourced from Output Area E00050257 (shared with 9 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.