Schools
171 open schools are in scope, including 92 primary and 29 secondary schools. George Dixon Primary is the nearest published school at 284 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B17 8NS
North Edgbaston · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- North Edgbaston
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Postcode district
- B17
- Postcode sector
- B17 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B17 8NS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B17
- Postcode sector
- B17 8
- Latitude
- 52.473740
- Longitude
- -1.957257
- British National Grid easting
- 403,000
- British National Grid northing
- 286,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- North Edgbaston · E05011157
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston · E14001092
- Output area
- E00046406
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 060E · E01009147
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 060 · E02001886
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 B17
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 171
- Primary
- 92
- Secondary
- 29
- 284 m
George Dixon Primary
Academy sponsor led
- 300 m
George Dixon Academy
Academy converter
- 429 m
George Dixon Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,983
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,157
- Vehicle crime 489
- Shoplifting 431
- Criminal damage and arson 346
- Other theft 334
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B17 8 residents
- 9,827
Age bands in B17 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.4%
1,668 residents
1,295 residents
2,909 residents
2,355 residents
1,858 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
62
within 5 km straight-line
SHERWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
9 SANDON ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B17 8DP
ODS code M88020
148 m
CITY HEALTH CENTRE
449 CITY ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B17 8LG
ODS code M85711
336 m
BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
176 MILCOTE ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 5BP
ODS code M88042
1.2 km
ROTTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
264 ROTTON PARK ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0LU
ODS code M85098
1.2 km
BEARWOOD ROAD SURGERY
348 BEARWOOD ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 4ES
ODS code M88019
1.2 km
DRUID GROUP - EMC SURGERY
2A CAVENDISH ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0HZ
ODS code M85706
1.6 km
CAPE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
RAGLAN ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 3NR
ODS code M88006
1.6 km
LORDSWOOD HOUSE GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE
54 LORDSWOOD ROAD, HARBORNE, BIRMINGHAM, B17 9DB
ODS code M85028
1.7 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
1.7 km
KARIS MEDICAL CENTRE
WATERWORKS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 9AL
ODS code M85088
1.7 km
NORVIC FAMILY PRACTICE
5 SUFFRAGE STREET, SMETHWICK, B66 3PZ
ODS code M88009
1.8 km
HARBORNE MEDICAL PRACTICE
4 YORK STREET, HARBORNE, BIRMINGHAM, B17 0HG
ODS code M85058
1.8 km
SAREPHED MEDICAL CENTRE
ARDEN ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B67 6AJ
ODS code M88610
2.0 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
2.1 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
2.1 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
2.1 km
SUMMERFIELD GROUP PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y00492
2.1 km
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 PRITCHATTS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2QU
ODS code M85167
2.3 km
BROADWAY HEALTH CENTRE
COPE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7BA
ODS code Y00471
2.5 km
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ
ODS code M88002
2.5 km
Showing 20 of 62 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Fountain Road
BCT · Edgbaston
- 0.1 miles
Fountain Road
BCT · Edgbaston
- 0.1 miles
Fountain Road
BCT · Edgbaston
- 0.1 miles
City Road
BCT · Moor Pool
- 0.1 miles
City Road
BCT · Moor Pool
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 060E, 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
4,287 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
4,983 published events cover 12 months, averaging 415.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,157 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.