Schools
228 open schools are in scope, including 110 primary and 38 secondary schools. Lift Percy Shurmer is the nearest published school at 124 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B12 9EL
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 9EL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 December 1996
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B12
- Postcode sector
- B12 9
- Latitude
- 52.462910
- Longitude
- -1.892507
- British National Grid easting
- 407,400
- British National Grid northing
- 285,000
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
- E00047476
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 084A · E01009366
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 084 · E02001910
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
- 228
- Primary
- 110
- Secondary
- 38
- 124 m
Lift Percy Shurmer
Academy sponsor led
- 346 m
Heath Mount Primary School
Academy converter
- 426 m
Ark St Alban's Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 10,517
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,389
- Vehicle crime 907
- Criminal damage and arson 844
- Other theft 818
- Public order 665
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.
GP practices
83
within 5 km straight-line
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
297 m
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
380 m
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
631 m
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
683 m
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
683 m
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
683 m
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
1.0 km
THE BALAJI SURGERY, THE SPARKBROOK CHC
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85794
1.4 km
THE BROOK SURGERY
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85174
1.4 km
NEWPORT MEDICAL GROUP
NEWPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 NEWPORT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8QE
ODS code M85164
1.5 km
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
1.5 km
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
1.5 km
WEATHER OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
35 WARWICK ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4RA
ODS code M85153
1.8 km
BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM
121 GLOVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4EY
ODS code Y06487
1.9 km
WAKE GREEN SURGERY
7 WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9HD
ODS code M85074
2.0 km
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
2.0 km
MOSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
2-2B WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EZ
ODS code M85021
2.1 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE
COOKSEY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0BS
ODS code M85024
2.1 km
THE KHATTAK MEMORIAL SURGERY
309 BOLTON ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0AU
ODS code M85146
2.1 km
FERNLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
560 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4AN
ODS code M85116
2.3 km
Showing 20 of 83 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Sherbourne Road
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Balsall Heath Road
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Sherbourne Road
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Longmore Street
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Calthorpe Park
BCT · Highgate
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 084A, 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
2,268 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
10,517 published events cover 12 months, averaging 876.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,389 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.