Schools
231 open schools are in scope, including 120 primary and 35 secondary schools. City Academy is the nearest published school at 475 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B1 2LW
Ladywood · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Ladywood
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B1
- Postcode sector
- B1 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B1 2LW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1981
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B1
- Postcode sector
- B1 2
- Latitude
- 52.475512
- Longitude
- -1.911616
- British National Grid easting
- 406,100
- British National Grid northing
- 286,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Ladywood · E05011151
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00186306
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 136B · E01009146
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 136 · E02006897
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore B1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 231
- Primary
- 120
- Secondary
- 35
- 475 m
City Academy
Free schools
- 639 m
City United Academy (CUA)
Other independent school
- 672 m
St Thomas Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 19,431
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 7,024
- Shoplifting 2,886
- Other theft 1,736
- Public order 1,322
- Vehicle crime 1,300
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B1 2 residents
- 2,940
Age bands in B1 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 17.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 44.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 16.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 7%
431 residents
520 residents
1,313 residents
492 residents
208 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
90
within 5 km straight-line
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
384 m
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
384 m
BROADWAY HEALTH CENTRE
COPE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7BA
ODS code Y00471
1.2 km
HOCKLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 LION COURT, CARVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B1 3AL
ODS code M85797
1.2 km
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
1.2 km
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
1.3 km
KARIS MEDICAL CENTRE
WATERWORKS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 9AL
ODS code M85088
1.4 km
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
2.0 km
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
2.1 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
2.2 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
2.2 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
2.2 km
SUMMERFIELD GROUP PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y00492
2.2 km
BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM
121 GLOVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4EY
ODS code Y06487
2.3 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
2.4 km
DRUID GROUP - EMC SURGERY
2A CAVENDISH ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0HZ
ODS code M85706
2.5 km
ROTTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
264 ROTTON PARK ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0LU
ODS code M85098
2.5 km
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
2.6 km
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
2.6 km
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
2.6 km
Showing 20 of 90 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Five Ways Metro
BCT · Five Ways
- 0.1 miles
Brindleyplace (West Midlands Metro)
TMU · Centenary Square
- 0.1 miles
Five Ways Metro
BCT · Five Ways
- 0.1 miles
Brindleyplace (West Midlands Metro)
PLT · Birmingham
- 0.1 miles
Brindleyplace (West Midlands Metro)
MET · Birmingham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 136B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,161 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
19,431 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,619.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7,024 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.