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Sandwell
What’s changing on your street?
Planning, new food places, roadworks, school inspections, GP ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses, for any B, DY, WS and WV postcode. Free, from public records, updated every night.
Right now across Sandwell
- 0planning applications this week
- 170.9pcheapest unleaded, most around 175.9p
- 15hygiene scores this month
- 7,709local businesses listed
- 9new food places this week
This week’s top stories
Everything by topic-
New takeaway: The black olive dessert
Registered as a food business and waiting for its first hygiene inspection.
152b High Street, Tipton, DY4 9JA -
New shop: Taj's Fruits and Veggies
Registered as a food business and waiting for its first hygiene inspection.
105 Windmill Lane, Smethwick, B66 3EW -
Road closed: Sams Lane (Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council)
14 Oct to 24 Oct. Road repairs in the road. The road will be closed.
Sams Lane, West Bromwich -
Road closed: Pleasant Street (Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council)
13 Oct to 17 Oct. Road repairs in the road. The road will be closed.
Pleasant Street, Lyng, West Bromwich
Sandwell in numbers
Every area compared, from public recordsCrime
10,456crimes, June to August 2026Every area ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents, by type, with the trend.
House prices
£215kmiddle price, 521 sales in 6 monthsWhat homes really sold for in every area over six months, by type of home, from the Land Registry.
Planning
72applications and decisions, last monthNew planning applications and decisions in every area over the last month, the biggest housing schemes and what gets approved.
Food hygiene
17hygiene scores, last monthFood hygiene scores published in every area over the last month, the low scores, and new food places waiting for a first inspection.
Roadworks
128roadworks on now or coming upRoadworks and road closures on now or booked for the next month in every area, and who is doing the digging.
Fuel prices
170.9pcheapest unleadedat Sandwell Stone Cross Express · most around 175.9p · dearest 199.9p · 35 stationsWhat every petrol station charges for unleaded and diesel, cheapest first, updated every half hour.
What's on
8events in the next 30 daysGigs, club nights, comedy and pop-up events in every area over the next 30 days, updated daily.
Street reports
31street problems reported this monthFly-tipping, potholes, graffiti and other street problems reported in every area this month, and what has been fixed.
Schools
131schools and their Ofsted resultsEvery state school and nursery with its latest Ofsted result, the new report cards, and how each area’s schools compare.
GPs, dentists and care
342GPs, dentists and care servicesGP surgeries, dentists, care homes and home care in every area, with their Care Quality Commission ratings.
Charities
501charities based in SandwellEvery registered charity based in each area, what it does, how big it is, and new ones as they register.
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The full directory7,709 shops, trades and services across Sandwell, with opening hours, food hygiene ratings and what’s going on nearby.
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What is MeBabber?
A free site that shows what’s changing near any B, DY, WS and WV postcode in Sandwell, from public records: planning applications and decisions, new food places and hygiene scores, roadworks, school inspections, GP and care ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses.
How often is it updated?
Every night. Planning, roadworks, licences, food hygiene and what’s on are checked daily; crime, house prices and school inspections are published monthly and checked weekly.
Does it cost anything?
No. MeBabber is free, needs no account, and the Sunday email is free too, with a one-tap way to stop it.
Why “me babber”?
It’s how Bristolians say “my friend”. MeBabber started in Bristol, just up the road, and now covers Sandwell too.