Schools
223 open schools are in scope, including 109 primary and 35 secondary schools. Heritage Academy is the nearest published school at 175 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B12 9BA
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 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B12 9BA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 August 2024
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B12
- Postcode sector
- B12 9
- Latitude
- 52.461885
- Longitude
- -1.883134
- British National Grid easting
- 408,037
- British National Grid northing
- 284,887
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
- E00047493
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 083A · E01009367
- 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
- 223
- Primary
- 109
- Secondary
- 35
- 175 m
Heritage Academy
Other independent school
- 190 m
Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College
Further education
- 445 m
Redstone Academy for Boys
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 9,273
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,095
- Vehicle crime 868
- Criminal damage and arson 777
- Other theft 689
- Public order 570
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B12 9 residents
- 8,322
Age bands in B12 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 17.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 10%
1,937 residents
1,554 residents
2,624 residents
1,726 residents
873 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 0%
- 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
81
within 5 km
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
404 m
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
456 m
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
601 m
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
601 m
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
601 m
THE BALAJI SURGERY, THE SPARKBROOK CHC
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85794
807 m
THE BROOK SURGERY
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85174
807 m
NEWPORT MEDICAL GROUP
NEWPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 NEWPORT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8QE
ODS code M85164
1.1 km
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
1.1 km
WEATHER OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
35 WARWICK ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4RA
ODS code M85153
1.2 km
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
1.3 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE
COOKSEY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0BS
ODS code M85024
1.5 km
THE KHATTAK MEMORIAL SURGERY
309 BOLTON ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0AU
ODS code M85146
1.5 km
FERNLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
560 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4AN
ODS code M85116
1.7 km
BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM
121 GLOVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4EY
ODS code Y06487
1.7 km
WAKE GREEN SURGERY
7 WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9HD
ODS code M85074
1.8 km
MOSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
2-2B WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EZ
ODS code M85021
1.9 km
SMALL HEATH MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 GREAT WOOD ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 9QE
ODS code M85108
1.9 km
COVENTRY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
448 COVENTRY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0UG
ODS code M85699
1.9 km
GREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
50 PERCY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B11 3ND
ODS code M85735
2.0 km
Showing 20 of 81 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
Highgate Road
BCT · Balsall Heath
- 0.0 miles
Highgate Road
BCT · Balsall Heath
- 0.1 miles
Kyrwicks Lane
BCT · Sparkbrook
- 0.1 miles
Haden Circus
BCT · Sparkbrook
- 0.1 miles
Haden Circus
BCT · Sparkbrook
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 083A, 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
336 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
9,273 published events cover 12 months, averaging 772.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,095 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.