Schools
120 open schools are in scope, including 75 primary and 19 secondary schools. Oscott Academy is the nearest published school at 797 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B23 5ZU
Perry Common · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Perry Common
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington
- Postcode district
- B23
- Postcode sector
- B23 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B23 5ZU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 2003
- Terminated
- 1 August 2004
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B23
- Postcode sector
- B23 5
- Latitude
- 52.541256
- Longitude
- -1.856515
- British National Grid easting
- 409,828
- British National Grid northing
- 293,719
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Perry Common · E05011161
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Erdington · E14001093
- Output area
- E00046268
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 010A · E01009135
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 010 · E02001836
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 B23
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 120
- Primary
- 75
- Secondary
- 19
- 797 m
Oscott Academy
Other independent school
- 806 m
Oasis Academy Short Heath
Academy sponsor led
- 909 m
Court Farm Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,101
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,929
- Vehicle crime 364
- Criminal damage and arson 337
- Shoplifting 324
- Burglary 241
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B23 5 residents
- 17,848
Age bands in B23 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 23.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 15.1%
4,333 residents
2,021 residents
5,278 residents
4,139 residents
2,815 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
30
within 5 km straight-line
HILLCREST SURGERY
9 TWICKENHAM ROAD, KINGSTANDING, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0NN
ODS code M85016
674 m
THE DOVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 DOVEDALE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B23 5DD
ODS code M85081
871 m
COLLEGE ROAD SURGERY
452 COLLEGE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0HL
ODS code M85087
1.3 km
AYLESBURY SURGERY
AYLESBURY HOUSE, WARREN FARM ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0DX
ODS code M85779
1.3 km
DR KHUROO'S PRACTICE
STOCKLAND GREEN PCC, 192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85716
1.9 km
RESERVOIR ROAD SURGERY
192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85070
1.9 km
TUDOR PRACTICE STOCKLAND GREEN
STOCKLAND GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85669
1.9 km
SUTTON ROAD SURGERY
122 SUTTON ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 5TJ
ODS code M85115
2.0 km
THE HAWTHORNS SURGERY
331 BIRMINGHAM ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B72 1DL
ODS code M85175
2.1 km
POPLARS SURGERY
17 HOLLY LANE, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 9JN
ODS code M85065
2.2 km
KINGSTANDING CIRCLE SURGERY
26 ROUGH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0UY
ODS code M85155
2.2 km
COTMORE SURGERY
169 OLD OSCOTT LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 8TU
ODS code M85792
2.6 km
THE MANOR PRACTICE
61 HOLLAND ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B72 1RL
ODS code M85033
2.9 km
THE OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE
199 SHADY LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9ER
ODS code M85060
2.9 km
APOLLO SURGERY
619 KINGS ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9HW
ODS code M85158
2.9 km
KINGSBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
273 KINGSBURY ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 8RD
ODS code M85014
3.1 km
QUESLETT MEDICAL CENTRE
522 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7DY
ODS code M91642
3.3 km
COLLINGWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE
COLLINGWOOD CENTRE, COLLINGWOOD DRIVE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7NF
ODS code M91032
3.6 km
PERRY PARK SURGERY
291-293 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1TY
ODS code M85624
3.7 km
MIDLANDS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
EATON WOOD MEDICAL CENTRE, 1128 TYBURN ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 0SY
ODS code M85063
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 30 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Old Beeches
BCT · New Oscott
- 0.2 miles
Abbeyfield Road
BCT · Short Heath
- 0.2 miles
Sheddington Road
BCT · Short Heath
- 0.2 miles
Sheddington Road
BCT · Short Heath
- 0.2 miles
Abbeyfield Road
BCT · Short Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 010A, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
20,646 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
4,101 published events cover 12 months, averaging 341.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,929 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.