1a Merrivale Road, Smethwick B66 4EJ

Semi-Detached flat · Built 2007 onwards · 55 m² · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£926
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2011, states £413 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Merrivale Road: 241 sales since 1995 · £162,075 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bearwood Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Shireland Technology PrimaryPrimary0.4 mi
Shireland Collegiate AcademySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Lordswood Boys' SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.19 · average (2023/24)
George Dixon AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

12
crimes a month
132
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009921, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Merrivale Road

How this home sits against its street.

105
graded homes
57.7
average score
D
most common grade
+17.3
this home vs street
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