Schools
207 open schools are in scope, including 98 primary and 35 secondary schools. Jakeman Nursery School is the nearest published school at 83 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B12 9NY
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 9NY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B12
- Postcode sector
- B12 9
- Latitude
- 52.456620
- Longitude
- -1.895465
- British National Grid easting
- 407,200
- 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
- E00046534
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 088F · E01034938
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 088 · E02001914
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
- 207
- Primary
- 98
- Secondary
- 35
- 83 m
Jakeman Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 194 m
New Perspectives School
Other independent special school
- 492 m
Ark Tindal Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,307
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,765
- Vehicle crime 604
- Criminal damage and arson 507
- Other theft 429
- Drugs 339
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
78
within 5 km straight-line
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
365 m
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
511 m
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
511 m
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
511 m
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
962 m
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
1.0 km
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
1.0 km
NEWPORT MEDICAL GROUP
NEWPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 NEWPORT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8QE
ODS code M85164
1.2 km
WAKE GREEN SURGERY
7 WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9HD
ODS code M85074
1.4 km
MOSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
2-2B WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EZ
ODS code M85021
1.5 km
THE BALAJI SURGERY, THE SPARKBROOK CHC
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85794
1.8 km
THE BROOK SURGERY
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85174
1.8 km
WEATHER OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
35 WARWICK ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4RA
ODS code M85153
1.9 km
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
2.0 km
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
2.0 km
SELLY PARK SURGERY
2 REAVIEW DRIVE, SELLY PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 7NT
ODS code M85042
2.0 km
FERNLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
560 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4AN
ODS code M85116
2.2 km
POPLAR PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
58-64 POPLAR ROAD, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 7AG
ODS code Y02571
2.3 km
MOOR GREEN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
339 MOOR GREEN LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B13 8QS
ODS code M85733
2.3 km
THE KHATTAK MEMORIAL SURGERY
309 BOLTON ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0AU
ODS code M85146
2.5 km
Showing 20 of 78 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Jakeman Road
BCT · Cannon Hill Park
- 0.1 miles
Cannon Hill Place
BCT · Cannon Hill Park
- 0.1 miles
Cannon Hill Place
BCT · Cannon Hill Park
- 0.1 miles
Jakeman Road
BCT · Cannon Hill Park
- 0.1 miles
Cobden Gardens
BCT · Balsall Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 088F, 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
3,689 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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
6,307 published events cover 12 months, averaging 525.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,765 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.