Barker Street, Oldbury

MyStreetCheck free street report: Barker Street, Oldbury · 30 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/oldbury/barker-street/

House prices, sold prices and local information for B68 9UQ, B68 9UF.

Average price (last 12 months)

£166,000

2 sales

Average price (since 2016)

£111,233

25 sales

Price range

£65k – £187k

lowest to highest sale

Last sale

24 Jun 2026

B68 9UF

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At a glance

House prices£166k average30% below the Oldbury average CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationMore deprived than mostDecile 1 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station7 min walkLangley Green station SchoolsNo recent Good/Outstanding gradesMany schools now get report cards instead Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold98% freeholdAcross 42 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

25 property sales on Barker Street, Oldbury have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 2 homes sold here for an average of £166,000. Most sales here are terraced homes, which have sold for an average of £105,196. That is 30% below the Oldbury average of £236,156 over the same period. 7 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 7 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 84% terraced, 12% semi-detached, 4% flat. Recorded sale prices on Barker Street range from £65,000 to £187,000. 98% of homes sold here were freehold and 2% leasehold. Of 93 streets in Oldbury with at least two sales in the last year, Barker Street ranks 81st for average price.

House prices on Barker Street compared

Barker Street£166,000

B68 postcode area£247,920

Oldbury£236,156

England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all B68 house prices.

Average sale price by year

Tenure: 98% freehold and 2% leasehold across 42 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

Type	Sales	Average price	Last sold
Terraced	21	£105,196	24 Jun 2026
Semi-detached	3	£130,567	11 Dec 2020
Flat	1	£180,000	24 Jan 2025

Sold prices on Barker Street

Address	Date	Price	Type	Tenure
37, Barker Street B68 9UF	24 Jun 2026	£187,000	Terraced	Freehold
34, Barker Street B68 9UQ	8 Apr 2026	£155,000	Terraced	Freehold
145, Barker Street B68 9UF	26 Mar 2026	£127,500	Other	Freehold
38, Barker Street B68 9UQ	31 Oct 2025	£145,000	Terraced	Freehold
141, Barker Street B68 9UF	14 Mar 2025	£185,000	Terraced	Freehold
135, Barker Street B68 9UF	24 Jan 2025	£180,000	Flat	Freehold
83, Barker Street B68 9UF	5 Apr 2024	£65,000	Terraced	Freehold
92, Barker Street B68 9UQ	5 Jan 2024	£133,000	Terraced	Freehold
45, Barker Street B68 9UF	20 Nov 2023	£180,000	Terraced	Freehold
133, Barker Street B68 9UF	9 Dec 2022	£141,000	Terraced	Freehold
94, Barker Street B68 9UQ	14 Jan 2022	£120,000	Terraced	Freehold
22, Barker Street B68 9UQ	12 Nov 2021	£124,000	Terraced	Freehold
37, Barker Street B68 9UF	14 Oct 2021	£121,000	Terraced	Freehold
37, Barker Street B68 9UF	23 Aug 2021	£120,000	Terraced	Freehold
50, Barker Street B68 9UQ	22 Jun 2021	£90,000	Terraced	Freehold
78, Barker Street B68 9UQ	12 Mar 2021	£140,000	Terraced	Freehold
92, Barker Street B68 9UQ	1 Mar 2021	£65,371	Terraced	Freehold
117, Barker Street B68 9UF	25 Jan 2021	£125,000	Terraced	Freehold
50, Barker Street B68 9UQ	22 Jan 2021	£130,000	Terraced	Freehold
149, Barker Street B68 9UF	11 Dec 2020	£165,700	Semi-detached	Freehold
95, Barker Street B68 9UF	13 Aug 2020	£72,000	Terraced	Leasehold
20, Barker Street B68 9UQ	31 Jul 2020	£102,500	Terraced	Freehold
80, Barker Street B68 9UQ	29 Jun 2020	£110,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
22, Barker Street B68 9UQ	21 Jan 2020	£108,000	Terraced	Freehold
50, Barker Street B68 9UQ	20 Jan 2020	£86,000	Terraced	Freehold
91, Barker Street B68 9UF	25 Oct 2019	£105,000	Terraced	Freehold
28, Barker Street B68 9UQ	9 Aug 2019	£106,000	Terraced	Freehold
8, Barker Street B68 9UQ	21 Jun 2019	£80,000	Terraced	Freehold
20, Barker Street B68 9UQ	1 Feb 2019	£78,000	Terraced	Freehold
32, Barker Street B68 9UQ	30 Oct 2018	£94,000	Terraced	Freehold
115, Barker Street B68 9UF	11 May 2018	£116,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
149, Barker Street B68 9UF	15 Mar 2018	£120,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
131, Barker Street B68 9UF	8 Sep 2017	£105,000	Terraced	Freehold
31, Barker Street B68 9UF	26 Jun 2017	£76,500	Terraced	Freehold
32, Barker Street B68 9UQ	19 Jun 2017	£76,000	Terraced	Freehold
101, Barker Street B68 9UF	16 Jun 2017	£130,000	Terraced	Freehold
30, Barker Street B68 9UQ	3 May 2017	£88,000	Terraced	Freehold
53, Barker Street B68 9UF	11 Jan 2017	£88,000	Terraced	Freehold
50, Barker Street B68 9UQ	10 Oct 2016	£66,000	Terraced	Freehold
58, Barker Street B68 9UQ	24 Jun 2016	£80,000	Terraced	Freehold
29, Barker Street B68 9UF	6 Apr 2016	£95,000	Terraced	Freehold
54, Barker Street B68 9UQ	30 Mar 2016	£81,250	Terraced	Freehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

Address	Sales	Change
37, Barker Street	£120,000 (Aug 2021) → £121,000 (Oct 2021) → £187,000 (Jun 2026)	+56% over 5 yrs
92, Barker Street	£65,371 (Mar 2021) → £133,000 (Jan 2024)	+103% over 3 yrs
22, Barker Street	£108,000 (Jan 2020) → £124,000 (Nov 2021)	+15% over 2 yrs
50, Barker Street	£66,000 (Oct 2016) → £86,000 (Jan 2020) → £130,000 (Jan 2021) → £90,000 (Jun 2021)	+36% over 5 yrs
149, Barker Street	£120,000 (Mar 2018) → £165,700 (Dec 2020)	+38% over 3 yrs
20, Barker Street	£78,000 (Feb 2019) → £102,500 (Jul 2020)	+31% over 1 yr
32, Barker Street	£76,000 (Jun 2017) → £94,000 (Oct 2018)	+24% over 1 yr

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Schools near Barker Street

School	Type	Ages	Ofsted	Distance
Rood End Primary School 428 pupils	Primary	3–11	Report	0.1 mi
George Betts Primary Academy 383 pupils	Primary	3–11	Report	0.4 mi
Holly Lodge High School College of Science 1,636 pupils	Secondary	11–18	Report	0.5 mi
Q3 Academy Langley 1,490 pupils	Secondary Christian	11–16	Report	0.8 mi
Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School 415 pupils	Primary Roman Catholic	5–11	Report	0.8 mi
Al Khair Primary School 70 pupils	Other independent school	2–11	Report	0.8 mi
Langley Primary School 440 pupils	Primary	3–11	Report	0.8 mi
Moat Farm Infant School 407 pupils	Primary	2–7	Report	0.8 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train, tram & metro stations

Langley Green station 0.3 mi · 7 min walk
Smethwick Galton Bridge station 0.8 mi · 17 min walk
Smethwick Galton Bridge High Level station 0.8 mi · 17 min walk
Kenrick Park (West Midlands Metro) 1.1 mi · 22 min walk
Trinity Way (West Midlands Metro) 1.2 mi · 23 min walk

Nearest bus stops

Vernon Road (opp, Rood End Road) 2 min walk
Vernon Road (adjacent, Rood End Road) 2 min walk
Apollo Road (opp, Victoria Road) 2 min walk
Tat Bank Road (adj, Rood End Road) 2 min walk

GP surgeries

Rood End Medical Practice
182-184 Vicarage Road, Oldbury · 0.2 mi
Dog Kennel Lane Surgery
64 Dog Kennel Lane, Warley, Oldbury · 0.5 mi
Warley Road Surgery
118 Warley Road, Warley, Oldbury · 0.5 mi
St Paul's Medical Practice
222 St. Pauls Road, Smethwick · 0.5 mi

Supermarkets

Farmfoods Farmfoods West Cross · 0.6 mi
Asda Superstore Asda Oldbury Superstore · 1.0 mi
Sainsburys Sainsburys Oldbury · 1.0 mi
Tesco Express Tesco Birmingham Bristnall Express · 1.0 mi

Pharmacies

Masters Pharmacy · 0.2 mi
Dunstones Chemist · 0.5 mi
Langley Pharmacy · 0.7 mi

Dentists

West Park Dental Care Partnership · 0.4 mi
Dental Surgery · 0.4 mi
Dental Department · 0.5 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income	1 of 10
Employment	2 of 10
Education and skills	1 of 10
Health and disability	3 of 10
Crime	5 of 10
Access to housing and services	1 of 10
Living environment	1 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

	Here	Eng & Wales
Owned	51.5%	62.5%
Private rented	37.7%	20.3%
Social rented	10.5%	17.1%
Households	668

People

	Here	Eng & Wales
Under 15	27.8%	17.4%
Aged 15–64	64.2%	64.1%
Aged 65+	8.0%	18.6%
Residents	1,999

Broadband

	Here	UK
Superfast (30Mbit+)	100%	95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)	100%	80%
Gigabit-capable	100%	80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

	Here	Eng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks	98%	89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network	100%	100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks	100%	99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks	100%	92%

Share of homes across Sandwell with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Barker Street

Ethnic group

	Here	Sandwell
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	59.3%	25.8%
White	23%	57.2%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African	8.2%	8.7%
Other ethnic group	5.8%	4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.7%	4.3%

Religion

	Here	Sandwell
Muslim	35.8%	13.4%
Christian	23.4%	39.9%
Sikh	21.6%	11.5%
No religion	9.6%	26.1%
Not answered	5.1%	5.4%
Hindu	3.7%	2.8%
Other religion	0.9%	0.7%
Buddhist	0%	0.3%

Country of birth

	Here	Sandwell
Born in the UK	57.2%	76.4%
Born outside the UK	42.8%	23.6%

Highest qualification

	Here	Sandwell
No qualifications	35.5%	28.9%
Level 4 qualifications and above	18.3%	22.7%
Level 2 qualifications	12.3%	13.6%
Level 3 qualifications	12.3%	14.8%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications	11.5%	11.5%
Other qualifications	5.1%	3.7%
Apprenticeship	5%	4.8%

General health

	Here	Sandwell
Very good health	50.7%	44.9%
Good health	32.4%	34.2%
Fair health	12.1%	14.3%
Bad health	3.7%	5.1%
Very bad health	1%	1.5%

Cars or vans per household

	Here	Sandwell
1 car or van in household	44.1%	42%
No cars or vans in household	35.4%	29.2%
2 cars or vans in household	14.5%	21.7%
3 or more cars or vans in household	6%	7%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Sandwell.

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