Schools
225 open schools are in scope, including 109 primary and 35 secondary schools. Camp Hill Education is the nearest published school at 171 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B11 1RE
Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Postcode district
- B11
- Postcode sector
- B11 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B11 1RE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B11
- Postcode sector
- B11 1
- Latitude
- 52.466321
- Longitude
- -1.877970
- British National Grid easting
- 408,387
- British National Grid northing
- 285,381
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East · E05011170
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley · E14001094
- Output area
- E00186290
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 071C · E01009364
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 071 · E02001897
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 B11
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 55 - 81, Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 1RE | 28 February 2017 | £1,189,000 |
| 55 - 81, Stratford Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 1RE | 26 April 2016 | £500,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 225
- Primary
- 109
- Secondary
- 35
- 171 m
Camp Hill Education
Other independent school
- 355 m
Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery
Voluntary controlled school
- 357 m
Calthorpe Academy
Academy special converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 10,735
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,518
- Vehicle crime 973
- Criminal damage and arson 890
- Other theft 798
- Public order 732
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 109
- Postcode households
- 37
- Residents per household
- 2.9
- B11 1 residents
- 12,475
56 female, 53 male
Age bands in B11 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19%
- Age 65 and over
- 8.3%
3,061 residents
2,278 residents
3,652 residents
2,354 residents
1,033 residents
This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B11 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 97.4%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 97.4%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 97.4%
- Gigabit-capable
- 97.4%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 97.4%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
84
within 5 km
THE BALAJI SURGERY, THE SPARKBROOK CHC
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85794
607 m
THE BROOK SURGERY
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85174
607 m
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
680 m
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
765 m
THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE
COOKSEY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0BS
ODS code M85024
1.1 km
THE KHATTAK MEMORIAL SURGERY
309 BOLTON ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0AU
ODS code M85146
1.1 km
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
1.2 km
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
1.2 km
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
1.2 km
BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM
121 GLOVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4EY
ODS code Y06487
1.2 km
WEATHER OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
35 WARWICK ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4RA
ODS code M85153
1.3 km
SMALL HEATH MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 GREAT WOOD ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 9QE
ODS code M85108
1.3 km
COVENTRY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
448 COVENTRY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0UG
ODS code M85699
1.4 km
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
1.6 km
NEWPORT MEDICAL GROUP
NEWPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 NEWPORT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8QE
ODS code M85164
1.6 km
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
1.7 km
FERNLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
560 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4AN
ODS code M85116
1.9 km
BORDESLEY GREEN SURGERY
143-145 BORDESLEY GREEN, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5EG
ODS code M85781
1.9 km
CHARLES ROAD SURGERY
192 CHARLES ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 9AB
ODS code M85679
2.0 km
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
2.0 km
Showing 20 of 84 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Auckland Road
BCT · Sparkbrook
- 0.0 miles
Auckland Road
BCT · Sparkbrook
- 0.2 miles
Sampson Road
BCT · Sparkbrook
- 0.2 miles
Main Street
BCT · Sparkbrook
- 0.2 miles
Stratford Place
BCT · Bordesley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 071C, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
310 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 4
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
10,735 published events cover 12 months, averaging 894.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,518 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.