Schools
177 open schools are in scope, including 98 primary and 33 secondary schools. Myles Academy is the nearest published school at 134 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B21 0RP
Soho & Jewellery Quarter · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B21
- Postcode sector
- B21 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B21 0RP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B21
- Postcode sector
- B21 0
- Latitude
- 52.500703
- Longitude
- -1.942500
- British National Grid easting
- 404,000
- British National Grid northing
- 289,200
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
- E00047438
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 039J · E01034922
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 039 · E02001865
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
- 177
- Primary
- 98
- Secondary
- 33
- 134 m
Myles Academy
Other independent special school
- 234 m
James Watt Primary School
Community school
- 277 m
Windsor Olympus Academy
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 8,939
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,178
- Vehicle crime 735
- Criminal damage and arson 600
- Public order 583
- Other theft 521
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
60
within 5 km straight-line
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
528 m
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
579 m
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
579 m
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
579 m
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
579 m
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
683 m
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
1.5 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
1.5 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
1.5 km
SUMMERFIELD GROUP PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y00492
1.5 km
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
1.5 km
CAPE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
RAGLAN ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 3NR
ODS code M88006
1.6 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
1.6 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
1.7 km
DRUID GROUP - EMC SURGERY
2A CAVENDISH ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0HZ
ODS code M85706
1.7 km
HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE
94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD
ODS code M88041
1.7 km
NORVIC FAMILY PRACTICE
5 SUFFRAGE STREET, SMETHWICK, B66 3PZ
ODS code M88009
1.7 km
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE
REGENT STREET, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 3BQ
ODS code M88002
1.9 km
ROTTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
264 ROTTON PARK ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0LU
ODS code M85098
2.1 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
2.2 km
Showing 20 of 60 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Tew Park Road
BCT · Handsworth
- 0.2 miles
Tew Park Road
BCT · Handsworth
- 0.2 miles
Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro)
MET · Winson Green
- 0.2 miles
Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro)
PLT · Winson Green
- 0.2 miles
Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro)
PLT · Winson Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 039J, 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
2,489 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 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
8,939 published events cover 12 months, averaging 744.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,178 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.