Schools
213 open schools are in scope, including 110 primary and 34 secondary schools. Oakbridge School is the nearest published school at 210 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B18 6AX
Newtown · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Newtown
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B18
- Postcode sector
- B18 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B18 6AX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 August 2015
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B18
- Postcode sector
- B18 6
- Latitude
- 52.489354
- Longitude
- -1.907612
- British National Grid easting
- 406,370
- British National Grid northing
- 287,940
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Newtown · E05011156
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00186254
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 049E · E01033559
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 049 · E02001875
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
- 213
- Primary
- 110
- Secondary
- 34
- 210 m
Oakbridge School
Other independent special school
- 321 m
St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown
Academy sponsor led
- 543 m
Brearley Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 16,873
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 6,454
- Shoplifting 2,378
- Other theft 1,470
- Public order 1,123
- Vehicle crime 1,081
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B18 6 residents
- 2,326
Age bands in B18 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 7.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 19.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 56.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 13.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 2.8%
184 residents
459 residents
1,330 residents
317 residents
67 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
79
within 5 km straight-line
HOCKLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 LION COURT, CARVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B1 3AL
ODS code M85797
649 m
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
1.3 km
RAYDOCS NEWTOWN
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 243 WHEELER STREET, NEWTOWN, BIRMINGHAM, B19 2ET
ODS code M85020
1.3 km
BROADWAY HEALTH CENTRE
COPE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7BA
ODS code Y00471
1.3 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
1.4 km
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
1.6 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
1.6 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
1.9 km
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
1.9 km
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
1.9 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
1.9 km
VICTORIA ROAD MEDICAL CTR
229-233 VICTORIA ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5HP
ODS code M85676
2.0 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
2.0 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
2.0 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
2.0 km
SUMMERFIELD GROUP PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y00492
2.0 km
NECHELLS PRACTICE
BLOOMSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 63 RUPERT STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5DT
ODS code M85759
2.2 km
AL-SHAFA MEDICAL CENTRE
5-7 LITTLE OAKS ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 6JY
ODS code M85123
2.2 km
KARIS MEDICAL CENTRE
WATERWORKS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 9AL
ODS code M85088
2.3 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
2.4 km
Showing 20 of 79 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Hall Street
BCT · Jewellery Quarter
- 0.0 miles
Hall Street
BCT · Jewellery Quarter
- 0.1 miles
Great Hampton Street
BCT · Jewellery Quarter
- 0.1 miles
Great Hampton Street
BCT · Jewellery Quarter
- 0.1 miles
Unett Street
BCT · Jewellery Quarter
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 049E, 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
12,244 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
16,873 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,406.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6,454 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.