Schools
103 open schools are in scope, including 65 primary and 15 secondary schools. Valley Primary is the nearest published school at 467 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B26 3PL
Sheldon · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Sheldon
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Yardley
- Postcode district
- B26
- Postcode sector
- B26 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B26 3PL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 January 2003
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B26
- Postcode sector
- B26 3
- Latitude
- 52.451044
- Longitude
- -1.777085
- British National Grid easting
- 415,246
- British National Grid northing
- 283,698
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Sheldon · E05011166
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Yardley · E14001100
- Output area
- E00047242
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 081F · E01009320
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 081 · E02001907
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 B26
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 103
- Primary
- 65
- Secondary
- 15
- 467 m
Valley Primary
Academy converter
- 709 m
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 1.1 km
Lyndon School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,277
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,139
- Shoplifting 667
- Vehicle crime 337
- Criminal damage and arson 197
- Public order 177
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B26 3 residents
- 11,208
Age bands in B26 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.6%
2,028 residents
1,310 residents
3,133 residents
2,873 residents
1,994 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
25
within 5 km straight-line
COVENTRY ROAD PRACTICE
2314 COVENTRY ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3JS
ODS code M89021
123 m
CRANES PARK ROAD SURGERY
25 CRANES PARK ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3SE
ODS code M85097
611 m
CHURCH ROAD SURGERY
90 CHURCH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3TP
ODS code M85048
907 m
THE SHELDON MEDICAL CENTRE
169 CHURCH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 3TT
ODS code M85770
1.1 km
HOBS MOAT MEDICAL CENTRE
ULLERIES ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 8ED
ODS code M89019
1.1 km
RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE
179 RICHMOND ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 7SA
ODS code M89007
1.5 km
DOWNSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
315 SHELDON HEATH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 2TY
ODS code M85717
1.8 km
MANOR HOUSE LANE SURGERY
1 MANOR HOUSE LANE, YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B26 1PD
ODS code M89009
2.1 km
GARRETTS GREEN LANE SURGERY
172 GARRETTS GREEN LANE, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 2SB
ODS code M85694
2.1 km
ROWLANDS ROAD SURGERY
15 ROWLANDS ROAD, SOUTH YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B26 1AT
ODS code M85171
2.4 km
ST. MARGARETS MEDICAL PRACTICE
8 ST. MARGARETS ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 7JS
ODS code M89005
2.5 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
21 VICTORIA ROAD, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 7XZ
ODS code M85105
3.0 km
THE SWAN MEDICAL CENTRE
4 WILLARD RD, SOUTH YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8AA
ODS code M85011
3.0 km
SWANSWELL MEDICAL CENTRE
370 GOSPEL LANE, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 7AL
ODS code M85177
3.4 km
SOLIHULL HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP
GROVE SURGERY, 3 GROVE ROAD, SOLIHULL, B91 2AG
ODS code M89017
3.5 km
ACOCKS GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE
999 WARWICK ROAD, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 6QJ
ODS code M85736
3.6 km
MIRFIELD SURGERY
287 KITTS GREEN ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM, B33 9SA
ODS code M85746
3.6 km
BOSWORTH MEDICAL GROUP
CHELMSLEY WOOD PCC, CRABTREE DRIVE, CHELMSLEY WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B37 5BU
ODS code M89008
3.7 km
NSC BOSWORTH HUB
BOSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE, 16 CRABTREE DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B37 5BU
ODS code Y06125
3.7 km
YARDLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1222 COVENTRY ROAD, YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8BY
ODS code M85094
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Wells Road
BCT · Sheldon
- 0.1 miles
Coalway Avenue
BCT · Sheldon
- 0.1 miles
Coalway Avenue
BCT · Sheldon
- 0.1 miles
Wells Road
BCT · Sheldon
- 0.2 miles
Old Lode Lane
BCT · Hobs Moat
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 081F, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,238 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
3,277 published events cover 12 months, averaging 273.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,139 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.