Schools
164 open schools are in scope, including 93 primary and 25 secondary schools. Erdington Academy is the nearest published school at 135 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B24 8BS
Gravelly Hill · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Gravelly Hill
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington
- Postcode district
- B24
- Postcode sector
- B24 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B24 8BS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B24
- Postcode sector
- B24 8
- Latitude
- 52.514988
- Longitude
- -1.836383
- British National Grid easting
- 411,200
- British National Grid northing
- 290,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Gravelly Hill · E05011139
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Erdington · E14001093
- Output area
- E00045708
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 031A · E01008998
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 031 · E02001857
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 B24
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 164
- Primary
- 93
- Secondary
- 25
- 135 m
Erdington Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 338 m
Queensbury School
Academy special sponsor led
- 484 m
Erdington Hall Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,824
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,620
- Shoplifting 500
- Criminal damage and arson 442
- Public order 378
- Vehicle crime 341
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B24 8 residents
- 8,724
Age bands in B24 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.2%
1,696 residents
1,286 residents
2,598 residents
2,051 residents
958 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
49
within 5 km straight-line
KINGSBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
273 KINGSBURY ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 8RD
ODS code M85014
163 m
POPLARS SURGERY
17 HOLLY LANE, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 9JN
ODS code M85065
1.6 km
MIDLANDS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
EATON WOOD MEDICAL CENTRE, 1128 TYBURN ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 0SY
ODS code M85063
1.7 km
DR KHUROO'S PRACTICE
STOCKLAND GREEN PCC, 192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85716
1.7 km
RESERVOIR ROAD SURGERY
192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85070
1.7 km
TUDOR PRACTICE STOCKLAND GREEN
STOCKLAND GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85669
1.7 km
SUTTON ROAD SURGERY
122 SUTTON ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 5TJ
ODS code M85115
2.2 km
PEARL MEDICAL CENTRE
619/621 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2HB
ODS code M85803
2.4 km
WARD END MEDICAL CENTRE
794A WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2JN
ODS code M85066
2.5 km
FIRS SURGERY
87 KEMPSON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B36 8LR
ODS code M85107
2.6 km
GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RE
ODS code M85170
2.7 km
THE HAWTHORNS SURGERY
331 BIRMINGHAM ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B72 1DL
ODS code M85175
2.7 km
HODGE HILL FAMILY PRACTICE
1ST FLOOR HODGE HILL PCC, ROUGHLEA AVENUE, HODGE HILL, BIRMINGHAM, B36 8GH
ODS code Y02567
2.8 km
THE ST.CLEMENTS SURGERY
56 NECHELLS PARK ROAD, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5PR
ODS code M85053
2.8 km
SHAH ZAMAN SURGERY
70 TANGMERE DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B35 7QX
ODS code M85001
2.9 km
AMAANAH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code Y01068
2.9 km
SALTLEY AND FERNBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
SALTLEY HEALTH CENTRE, CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code M85110
2.9 km
EDEN COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE
200 TANGMERE DRIVE, CASTLE VALE, BIRMINGHAM, B35 6EE
ODS code M85079
2.9 km
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
38 HAVELOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RT
ODS code M85670
2.9 km
NASEBY MEDICAL CENTRE
NASEBY ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3HE
ODS code M85722
2.9 km
Showing 20 of 49 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Bromford Crescent
BCT · Erdington
- 0.0 miles
Bromford Crescent
BCT · Erdington
- 0.1 miles
Bromford Lane
BCT · Erdington
- 0.1 miles
Wood End Road
BCT · Erdington
- 0.1 miles
Rookery Park
BCT · Erdington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 031A, 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
1,423 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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
5,824 published events cover 12 months, averaging 485.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,620 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.