Schools
171 open schools are in scope, including 98 primary and 32 secondary schools. Holyhead School is the nearest published school at 129 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B21 0BP
Holyhead · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Holyhead
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Postcode district
- B21
- Postcode sector
- B21 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B21 0BP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 April 2003
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B21
- Postcode sector
- B21 0
- Latitude
- 52.505568
- Longitude
- -1.944792
- British National Grid easting
- 403,844
- British National Grid northing
- 289,741
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Holyhead · E05011147
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr · E14001098
- Output area
- E00046982
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 036C · E01009274
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 036 · E02001862
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 B21
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 171
- Primary
- 98
- Secondary
- 32
- 129 m
Holyhead School
Academy converter
- 165 m
Hamilton School
Foundation special school
- 446 m
St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,511
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,517
- Vehicle crime 600
- Criminal damage and arson 515
- Public order 481
- Other theft 478
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B21 0 residents
- 10,155
Age bands in B21 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 8.9%
2,519 residents
1,613 residents
3,078 residents
2,263 residents
929 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
57
within 5 km straight-line
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
219 m
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
239 m
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
723 m
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
723 m
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
723 m
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
723 m
HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE
94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD
ODS code M88041
1.6 km
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
1.7 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
1.8 km
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ
ODS code M88002
2.0 km
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
2.0 km
CAPE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
RAGLAN ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 3NR
ODS code M88006
2.0 km
NORVIC FAMILY PRACTICE
5 SUFFRAGE STREET, SMETHWICK, B66 3PZ
ODS code M88009
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
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
2.2 km
DRUID GROUP - EMC SURGERY
2A CAVENDISH ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0HZ
ODS code M85706
2.2 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
2.3 km
Showing 20 of 57 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Holyhead Way
BCT · Handsworth
- 0.1 miles
Booth Street
BCT · Handsworth
- 0.2 miles
Crocketts Road
BCT · Handsworth
- 0.2 miles
Booth Street
BCT · Handsworth
- 0.2 miles
Trafalgar Road
BCT · Handsworth
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 036C, 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
2,444 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
7,511 published events cover 12 months, averaging 625.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,517 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.