Schools
237 open schools are in scope, including 123 primary and 36 secondary schools. City Academy is the nearest published school at 302 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B15 2AB
Ladywood · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Ladywood
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B15
- Postcode sector
- B15 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B15 2AB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B15
- Postcode sector
- B15 2
- Latitude
- 52.471007
- Longitude
- -1.910491
- British National Grid easting
- 406,177
- British National Grid northing
- 285,899
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Ladywood · E05011151
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00175700
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 134D · E01033626
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 134 · E02006895
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 B15
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 237
- Primary
- 123
- Secondary
- 36
- 302 m
City Academy
Free schools
- 316 m
James Brindley School
Academy special converter
- 316 m
St Thomas Centre Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 17,132
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 6,378
- Shoplifting 2,631
- Other theft 1,366
- Public order 1,173
- Vehicle crime 1,060
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 68
- Postcode households
- 34
- Residents per household
- 2.0
- B15 2 residents
- 11,376
37 female, 31 male
Age bands in B15 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 38.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 12.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.5%
1,499 residents
4,614 residents
3,525 residents
1,555 residents
914 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B15 2 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- 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
90
within 5 km
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
228 m
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
228 m
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
904 m
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
1.5 km
KARIS MEDICAL CENTRE
WATERWORKS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 9AL
ODS code M85088
1.5 km
BROADWAY HEALTH CENTRE
COPE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7BA
ODS code Y00471
1.6 km
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
1.7 km
HOCKLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 LION COURT, CARVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B1 3AL
ODS code M85797
1.7 km
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
1.7 km
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
2.1 km
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
2.1 km
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
2.1 km
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
2.3 km
BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM
121 GLOVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4EY
ODS code Y06487
2.3 km
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 PRITCHATTS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2QU
ODS code M85167
2.5 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
2.6 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
2.6 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
2.6 km
SUMMERFIELD GROUP PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y00492
2.6 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
2.7 km
Showing 20 of 90 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Five Ways Station
BCT · Birmingham
- 0.1 miles
Five Ways Station
BCT · Birmingham
- 0.1 miles
Five Ways Rail Station
RSE · Birmingham
- 0.1 miles
Five Ways Rail Station
RLY · Birmingham
- 0.1 miles
Bexhill Grove
BCT · Lee Bank
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 134D, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
10,610 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
- 36
- 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
17,132 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,427.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6,378 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.