Schools
202 open schools are in scope, including 103 primary and 32 secondary schools. Harborne Academy is the nearest published school at 523 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B15 2QE
Edgbaston · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Edgbaston
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Postcode district
- B15
- Postcode sector
- B15 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B15 2QE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B15
- Postcode sector
- B15 2
- Latitude
- 52.459056
- Longitude
- -1.932061
- British National Grid easting
- 404,713
- British National Grid northing
- 284,568
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Edgbaston · E05011134
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston · E14001092
- Output area
- E00045587
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 079H · E01034937
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 079 · E02001905
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
Property
11 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 6, Birch Hollow, Birmingham, B15 2QE | 6 July 2020 | £780,000 |
| 11, Birch Hollow, Birmingham, B15 2QE | 24 October 2019 | £837,500 |
| 9, Birch Hollow, Birmingham, B15 2QE | 15 August 2019 | £1,375,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 202
- Primary
- 103
- Secondary
- 32
- 523 m
Harborne Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 577 m
The Blue Coat School Birmingham
Other independent school
- 879 m
Edgbaston High School for Girls
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,677
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,246
- Shoplifting 660
- Vehicle crime 343
- Other theft 271
- Burglary 250
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 25
- Postcode households
- 10
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- B15 2 residents
- 11,376
12 female, 13 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 0.2% 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+
- 16.7%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 16.7%
- Gigabit-capable
- 16.7%
- 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
63
within 5 km
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 PRITCHATTS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2QU
ODS code M85167
505 m
HARBORNE MEDICAL PRACTICE
4 YORK STREET, HARBORNE, BIRMINGHAM, B17 0HG
ODS code M85058
968 m
BOURNBROOK VARSITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1A ALTON ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 7DU
ODS code M85041
1.5 km
KARIS MEDICAL CENTRE
WATERWORKS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 9AL
ODS code M85088
1.7 km
SELLY PARK SURGERY
2 REAVIEW DRIVE, SELLY PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 7NT
ODS code M85042
2.0 km
LORDSWOOD HOUSE GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE
54 LORDSWOOD ROAD, HARBORNE, BIRMINGHAM, B17 9DB
ODS code M85028
2.0 km
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
2.2 km
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
2.2 km
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
2.2 km
SELLY OAK HEALTH CENTRE
15 KATIE ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 6JG
ODS code M85055
2.4 km
SHERWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
9 SANDON ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B17 8DP
ODS code M88020
2.5 km
CITY HEALTH CENTRE
449 CITY ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B17 8LG
ODS code M85711
2.6 km
BROADWAY HEALTH CENTRE
COPE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7BA
ODS code Y00471
2.7 km
MOOR GREEN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
339 MOOR GREEN LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B13 8QS
ODS code M85733
2.7 km
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
2.7 km
ROTTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
264 ROTTON PARK ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0LU
ODS code M85098
2.8 km
WEOLEY PARK SURGERY
112 WEOLEY PARK ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5HA
ODS code M85056
2.9 km
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
3.0 km
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
3.0 km
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 63 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
- 0.2 miles
Somerset Road
BCT · Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- 0.2 miles
Somerset Road
BCT · Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- 0.3 miles
Vale Village
BCT · Edgbaston
- 0.3 miles
Vale Village
BCT · Edgbaston
- 0.3 miles
Farquhar Road
BCT · Birmingham University
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 079H, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,957 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 0
- 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
3,677 published events cover 12 months, averaging 306.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,246 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.