Schools
216 open schools are in scope, including 105 primary and 35 secondary schools. St Paul's School is the nearest published school at 162 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B12 8NS
Balsall Heath West · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Balsall Heath West
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B12
- Postcode sector
- B12 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B12 8NS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1988
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B12
- Postcode sector
- B12 8
- Latitude
- 52.456609
- Longitude
- -1.883692
- British National Grid easting
- 408,000
- British National Grid northing
- 284,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Balsall Heath West · E05011122
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00175749
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 083B · E01009375
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 083 · E02001909
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 B12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 216
- Primary
- 105
- Secondary
- 35
- 162 m
St Paul's School
Other independent special school
- 183 m
Redstone Academy for Boys
Other independent school
- 183 m
Redstone Academy for Girls
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,849
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,628
- Vehicle crime 673
- Criminal damage and arson 650
- Other theft 505
- Public order 455
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B12 8 residents
- 8,668
Age bands in B12 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 26.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 18.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.6%
2,222 residents
1,566 residents
2,473 residents
1,524 residents
637 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
68
within 5 km straight-line
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
310 m
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
310 m
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
310 m
NEWPORT MEDICAL GROUP
NEWPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 NEWPORT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8QE
ODS code M85164
559 m
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
676 m
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
902 m
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
910 m
THE BALAJI SURGERY, THE SPARKBROOK CHC
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85794
1.1 km
THE BROOK SURGERY
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85174
1.1 km
WEATHER OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
35 WARWICK ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4RA
ODS code M85153
1.1 km
WAKE GREEN SURGERY
7 WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9HD
ODS code M85074
1.2 km
MOSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
2-2B WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EZ
ODS code M85021
1.3 km
FERNLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
560 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4AN
ODS code M85116
1.4 km
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
1.5 km
GREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
50 PERCY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B11 3ND
ODS code M85735
1.8 km
THE KHATTAK MEMORIAL SURGERY
309 BOLTON ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0AU
ODS code M85146
1.8 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE
COOKSEY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0BS
ODS code M85024
1.9 km
SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL PRACT
739-741 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4DG
ODS code M85756
2.1 km
OAKWOOD SURGERY
SPARKHILL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW
ODS code M85078
2.2 km
SPRINGFIELD SURGERY
SPARKHILL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW
ODS code M85774
2.2 km
Showing 20 of 68 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Moseley Rd Baths
BCT · Balsall Heath
- 0.1 miles
Moseley Rd Baths
BCT · Balsall Heath
- 0.2 miles
St Pauls Road
BCT · Balsall Heath
- 0.2 miles
St Pauls Road
BCT · Balsall Heath
- 0.2 miles
Trafalgar Road
BCT · Balsall Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 083B, 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
1,169 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 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
7,849 published events cover 12 months, averaging 654.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,628 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.