Schools
180 open schools are in scope, including 98 primary and 30 secondary schools. Oasis Academy Benson is the nearest published school at 147 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B18 5SY
Soho & Jewellery Quarter · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B18
- Postcode sector
- B18 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B18 5SY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1986
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B18
- Postcode sector
- B18 5
- Latitude
- 52.497100
- Longitude
- -1.929248
- British National Grid easting
- 404,900
- British National Grid northing
- 288,800
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
- E00047444
- 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
- 180
- Primary
- 98
- Secondary
- 30
- 147 m
Oasis Academy Benson
Academy sponsor led
- 494 m
St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth
Academy sponsor led
- 551 m
Nishkam Primary School Birmingham
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 10,093
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,491
- Vehicle crime 824
- Other theft 759
- Criminal damage and arson 660
- Public order 614
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B18 5 residents
- 5,483
Age bands in B18 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 16%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.9%
1,148 residents
759 residents
1,450 residents
1,023 residents
375 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
58
within 5 km straight-line
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
747 m
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
772 m
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
772 m
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
772 m
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
772 m
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
1.1 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
1.2 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
1.2 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
1.2 km
SUMMERFIELD GROUP PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y00492
1.2 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
1.2 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
1.4 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
1.5 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
1.5 km
HOCKLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 LION COURT, CARVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B1 3AL
ODS code M85797
1.6 km
DRUID GROUP - EMC SURGERY
2A CAVENDISH ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0HZ
ODS code M85706
1.6 km
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
1.6 km
BROADWAY HEALTH CENTRE
COPE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7BA
ODS code Y00471
1.6 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
1.7 km
RAYDOCS NEWTOWN
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 243 WHEELER STREET, NEWTOWN, BIRMINGHAM, B19 2ET
ODS code M85020
1.8 km
Showing 20 of 58 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Musgrave Road
BCT · Winson Green
- 0.1 miles
Musgrave Road
BCT · Winson Green
- 0.1 miles
Park Road
BCT · Winson Green
- 0.1 miles
Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro)
TMU · Winson Green
- 0.1 miles
Soho Benson Road (West Midlands Metro)
MET · 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
10,093 published events cover 12 months, averaging 841.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,491 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.