Schools
176 open schools are in scope, including 97 primary and 33 secondary schools. Oasis Academy Benson is the nearest published school at 259 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B18 4RL
Soho & Jewellery Quarter · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B18
- Postcode sector
- B18 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B18 4RL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 2013
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B18
- Postcode sector
- B18 4
- Latitude
- 52.496959
- Longitude
- -1.934389
- British National Grid easting
- 404,551
- British National Grid northing
- 288,784
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Soho & Jewellery Quarter · E05011168
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00047445
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 047D · E01009360
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 047 · E02001873
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 B18
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 176
- Primary
- 97
- Secondary
- 33
- 259 m
Oasis Academy Benson
Academy sponsor led
- 473 m
James Watt Primary School
Community school
- 531 m
Windsor Olympus Academy
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 9,723
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,512
- Vehicle crime 809
- Criminal damage and arson 656
- Public order 617
- Other theft 589
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 35
- Postcode households
- 10
- Residents per household
- 3.5
- B18 4 residents
- 6,588
23 female, 12 male
Age bands in B18 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 25.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 18.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 8.3%
1,733 residents
1,057 residents
2,165 residents
1,216 residents
560 residents
This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B18 4 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
62
within 5 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
685 m
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
685 m
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
685 m
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
685 m
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
1.1 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
1.1 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
1.1 km
SUMMERFIELD GROUP PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y00492
1.1 km
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
1.1 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
1.1 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
1.3 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
1.3 km
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
1.4 km
DRUID GROUP - EMC SURGERY
2A CAVENDISH ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0HZ
ODS code M85706
1.4 km
CAPE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
RAGLAN ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 3NR
ODS code M88006
1.6 km
BROADWAY HEALTH CENTRE
COPE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7BA
ODS code Y00471
1.7 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
1.7 km
HOCKLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 LION COURT, CARVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B1 3AL
ODS code M85797
1.8 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
1.8 km
ROTTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
264 ROTTON PARK ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0LU
ODS code M85098
1.9 km
Showing 20 of 62 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
- 0.1 miles
Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro)
MET · Winson Green
- 0.1 miles
Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro)
PLT · Winson Green
- 0.1 miles
Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro)
PLT · Winson Green
- 0.1 miles
Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro)
TMU · Winson Green
- 0.2 miles
Winson Green Metro
BCT · Winson Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 047D, 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
1,659 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 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.
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
9,723 published events cover 12 months, averaging 810.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,512 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.