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Whitworth Drive, West Bromwich

MyStreetCheck free street report: Whitworth Drive, West Bromwich · 30 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/west-bromwich/whitworth-drive/

House prices, sold prices and local information for B71 3AU.

Average price (last 12 months)
£397,500
2 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£295,955
22 sales
Price range
£92k – £400k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
19 Jun 2026
B71 3AU

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At a glance

House prices£398k average76% above the West Bromwich average CrimeLower than averageLower crime than about 70% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 7 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station7 min walkTame Bridge Parkway station Schools4 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold87% freeholdAcross 23 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

22 property sales on Whitworth Drive, West Bromwich have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 2 homes sold here for an average of £397,500. Most sales here are detached homes, which have sold for an average of £293,684. Average sale prices rose from £194,500 in 2016 to £397,500 in 2026 (+104%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 76% above the West Bromwich average of £225,866 over the same period. 4 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 4 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 86% detached, 14% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Whitworth Drive range from £92,000 to £400,000. 87% of homes sold here were freehold and 13% leasehold. Of 64 streets in West Bromwich with at least two sales in the last year, Whitworth Drive ranks 3rd for average price, putting it in the top 10%.

House prices on Whitworth Drive compared

Whitworth Drive£397,500
B71 postcode area£230,499
West Bromwich£225,866
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all B71 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £194,500 (4 sales)2016£195k2017: £209,000 (1 sales)2017£209k2018: £160,000 (1 sales)2018£160k2020: £277,333 (3 sales)2020£277k2021: £327,500 (2 sales)2021£328k2022: £352,000 (3 sales)2022£352k2023: £355,000 (1 sales)2023£355k2024: £312,500 (2 sales)2024£313k2025: £348,667 (3 sales)2025£349k2026: £397,500 (2 sales)2026£398k

Tenure: 87% freehold and 13% leasehold across 23 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Detached19£293,68419 Jun 2026
Semi-detached3£310,33323 May 2025

Sold prices on Whitworth Drive

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
16, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 19 Jun 2026£400,000 DetachedFreehold
20, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 26 Mar 2026£395,000 DetachedFreehold
23, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 3 Sep 2025£390,000 DetachedFreehold
19, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 2 Sep 2025£360,000 DetachedFreehold
42, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 23 May 2025£296,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
42, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 29 Nov 2024£247,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
43, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 12 Apr 2024£340,000 DetachedFreehold
42, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 9 Feb 2024£285,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
18, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 16 Oct 2023£355,000 DetachedFreehold
24, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 20 Dec 2022£350,000 DetachedFreehold
12, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 20 Oct 2022£350,000 DetachedLeasehold
14, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 29 Jul 2022£356,000 DetachedFreehold
1, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 17 Aug 2021£350,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
22, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 15 Jan 2021£305,000 DetachedFreehold
11, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 4 Dec 2020£285,000 DetachedLeasehold
39, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 4 Sep 2020£257,000 DetachedFreehold
43, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 3 Aug 2020£290,000 DetachedFreehold
34, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 10 Sep 2018£160,000 DetachedFreehold
39, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 26 Jun 2017£209,000 DetachedFreehold
6, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 16 Dec 2016£253,000 DetachedLeasehold
51, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 2 Dec 2016£201,000 DetachedFreehold
51, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 30 Mar 2016£92,000 DetachedFreehold
43, Whitworth Drive B71 3AU 29 Mar 2016£232,000 DetachedFreehold

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

AddressSalesChange
42, Whitworth Drive £285,000 (Feb 2024) → £247,000 (Nov 2024) → £296,000 (May 2025) +4%
over 1 yr
43, Whitworth Drive £232,000 (Mar 2016) → £290,000 (Aug 2020) → £340,000 (Apr 2024) +47%
over 8 yrs
39, Whitworth Drive £209,000 (Jun 2017) → £257,000 (Sep 2020) +23%
over 3 yrs
51, Whitworth Drive £92,000 (Mar 2016) → £201,000 (Dec 2016) +118%
over under a year

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Crime and flood risk near Whitworth Drive

Crime

201 crimes were reported within about a mile of Whitworth Drive in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Lower crime than about 70% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences100
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson20
Other theft16
Public order9
Anti-social behaviour8

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Whitworth Drive is in or near 2 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • Upper Tame Flood alert area
  • River Tame at Ray Hall Water Works Flood warning area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Whitworth Drive

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
The Priory Primary School 458 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.4 mi
Pennyhill Primary School 647 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 0.5 mi
High Point Academy 115 pupils Free schools special 11–16 Good Report 0.5 mi
Hall Green Primary School 466 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.6 mi
Sandwell Community School 107 pupils Pupil referral unit 11–16 Report 0.6 mi
Elm Tree Primary Academy 125 pupils Free schools special 4–11 Report 0.8 mi
Tameside Primary Academy 388 pupils Primary 2–11 Good Report 0.9 mi
The Phoenix Collegiate 1,770 pupils Secondary 11–18 Good Report 1.0 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

  • Tame Bridge Parkway station 0.4 mi · 7 min walk
  • Bescot Stadium station 1.1 mi · 23 min walk
  • Hamstead (Birmingham) station 2.4 mi · 49 min walk
  • Black Lake (West Midlands Metro) 1.8 mi · 36 min walk
  • Wednesbury Central (West Midlands Metro) 1.9 mi · 38 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Sandfield Road (opp, Walsall Road) 2 min walk
  • Sandfield Road (adj, Walsall Road) 2 min walk
  • Walsall Road (before, Beacon View Road) 3 min walk
  • Walsall Road (opp, Beacon View Road) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Stone Cross Medical Centre
    291 Walsall Road, West Bromwich · 0.2 mi
  • Clifton Lane Medical Centre
    Clifton Lane, West Bromwich · 0.4 mi
  • Tame Valley Medical Centre
    Friar Park Road, Wednesbury · 0.5 mi
  • The Village Medical Centre
    158A Crankhall Lane, Wednesbury · 0.8 mi

Supermarkets

  • Tesco Express Tesco Sandwell Stone Cross Express · 0.3 mi
  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Charlemont · 0.6 mi
  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Wednesbury Johnson Road · 0.6 mi
  • Lidl Lidl Walsall - Tame Bridge · 0.6 mi

Pharmacies

  • Beaconview Chemist · 0.3 mi
  • Medipharma Chemist · 0.3 mi
  • Stone Cross Pharmacy · 0.3 mi

Dentists

  • Stella Maris Practice Limited · 0.4 mi
  • Crankhall Lane Dental Practice · 0.7 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 1.1 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 7 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.

Income6 of 10
Employment6 of 10
Education and skills5 of 10
Health and disability5 of 10
Crime8 of 10
Access to housing and services5 of 10
Living environment5 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned81.5%62.5%
Private rented10.5%20.3%
Social rented7.9%17.1%
Households607

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1514.0%17.4%
Aged 15–6459.8%64.1%
Aged 65+26.2%18.6%
Residents1,486

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%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

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks98%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks100%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 Whitworth Drive

Ethnic group

HereSandwell
White69%57.2%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh18.8%25.8%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.2%8.7%
Other ethnic group3.5%4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%4.3%

Religion

HereSandwell
Christian55.4%39.9%
No religion19.1%26.1%
Sikh14.7%11.5%
Not answered4.5%5.4%
Hindu3.3%2.8%
Muslim1.9%13.4%
Buddhist0.7%0.3%
Other religion0.4%0.7%

Country of birth

HereSandwell
Born in the UK83.4%76.4%
Born outside the UK16.6%23.6%

Highest qualification

HereSandwell
No qualifications24.2%28.9%
Level 4 qualifications and above22.6%22.7%
Level 3 qualifications17.4%14.8%
Level 2 qualifications13.1%13.6%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.8%11.5%
Apprenticeship7.6%4.8%
Other qualifications3.2%3.7%

General health

HereSandwell
Very good health41.5%44.9%
Good health39.4%34.2%
Fair health14.4%14.3%
Bad health3.2%5.1%
Very bad health1.5%1.5%

Cars or vans per household

HereSandwell
1 car or van in household41.5%42%
2 cars or vans in household32.8%21.7%
No cars or vans in household13.5%29.2%
3 or more cars or vans in household12.2%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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