178 Grafton Road, B68 8BL
Terraced house · Freehold · Oldbury, West Midlands
The full report on this property
A 5 page dossier for 178 Grafton Road: every comparable sale within 400m with price per square metre, five years of planning applications around the address, crime trend, schools and stations, and the red flags worth raising before you offer.
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Sale history
- £160,000+3%(+£5,000)+2.1%/yr16 May 2025 · Terraced house
- £155,0006 November 2023 · Terraced house
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright). Completions appear roughly 7 weeks after the event.
Planning history at this property
No planning applications matched to this exact address in the records Praesago holds.
Address-matched planning coverage begins mid-2026; older applications are recorded by postcode only, so an empty history is not proof that nothing was ever filed here.
Around 178 Grafton Road
Amber pins are planning applications from the last two years. Train and school icons show the nearest rail links and schools. Tap anything for details.
Local intelligence
Crime within 500 metres, nearest stations, schools and deprivation context around this address.
Crime within 500m
12offences in 12 months
- violence and sexual offences6
- drugs2
- burglary1
- criminal damage and arson1
Rail links
11min walk to Rowley Regis
- Rowley Regis856m · ~11 min
- Langley Green2.1km · ~26 min
- Old Hill2.7km · ~33 min
Schools within 1km
2within walking distance
- Causeway Green Primary School508m
- Oldbury Academy672m
Dot = Ofsted rating: green good or outstanding, amber requires improvement
Deprivation (IMD)
2of 10
Most deprived nationally
Area context
District-level figures for B68, not specific to this address.
Deprivation by domain across B68
Decile 1 = most deprived 10% of England nationally · Decile 10 = least deprived. This breakdown covers the whole district; the decile 2 figure above is for this address’s immediate neighbourhood specifically, so the two can differ.
Sources: Environment Agency flood risk, Ofcom Connected Nations, Defra air quality, English Indices of Deprivation 2025. District averages, not a per-address assessment.
This property’s energy certificate
EPC rating
certified August 2023
Source: MHCLG EPC register, matched to this address. Habitable rooms count bedrooms and receptions together. Certificates last up to 10 years, so details reflect the property at certification.
Property specs
Room count from this address’s EPC certificate, plus what’s currently listed on this street.
5habitable rooms
Bedrooms and receptions combined; EPC does not split them out.
The area: Oldbury (B68)
Whether this address is a good buy depends on where Oldbury is heading. Praesago tracks prices, crime, planning, schools and 30+ official sources for B68, updated monthly.
Recent sales near 178 Grafton Road
| 161 Grafton Road | £175,000 | May 2026 |
| 129 Grafton Road | £185,500 | Jun 2025 |
| 170 Grafton Road | £210,000 | Mar 2025 |
| 133 Grafton Road | £190,000 | Aug 2024 |
| 169 Grafton Road | £230,000 | Apr 2024 |
178 Grafton Road common questions
When did 178 Grafton Road last sell and for how much?
178 Grafton Road, B68 8BL last sold for £160,000 on 16 May 2025, according to HM Land Registry.
How many times has 178 Grafton Road been sold?
HM Land Registry records 2 sales at this address since 1995, from £155,000 in 2023 to £160,000 in 2025.
Is Oldbury a good area?
Praesago scores Oldbury (B68) 56 out of 100 for area trajectory, based on 30+ official data sources covering prices, crime, planning and more. See the full Oldbury area page for the breakdown.
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