Schools
175 open schools are in scope, including 103 primary and 22 secondary schools. Cedars Academy is the nearest published school at 186 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B27 6HS
Acocks Green · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Acocks Green
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Yardley
- Postcode district
- B27
- Postcode sector
- B27 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B27 6HS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1998
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B27
- Postcode sector
- B27 6
- Latitude
- 52.453306
- Longitude
- -1.822573
- British National Grid easting
- 412,154
- British National Grid northing
- 283,941
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Acocks Green · E05011118
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Yardley · E14001100
- Output area
- E00045086
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 089A · E01008890
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 089 · E02001915
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 B27
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 175
- Primary
- 103
- Secondary
- 22
- 186 m
Cedars Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 261 m
Kimichi School
Other independent school
- 364 m
Cottesbrooke Infant and Nursery School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,961
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,558
- Shoplifting 563
- Vehicle crime 522
- Other theft 410
- Criminal damage and arson 405
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 30
- Postcode households
- 13
- Residents per household
- 2.3
- B27 6 residents
- 10,467
19 female, 11 male
Age bands in B27 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.4%
1,864 residents
1,209 residents
2,913 residents
2,430 residents
1,419 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B27 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
68
within 5 km
ACOCKS GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE
999 WARWICK ROAD, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 6QJ
ODS code M85736
624 m
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
21 VICTORIA ROAD, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 7XZ
ODS code M85105
1.0 km
THE SWAN MEDICAL CENTRE
4 WILLARD RD, SOUTH YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8AA
ODS code M85011
1.1 km
YARDLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1222 COVENTRY ROAD, YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B25 8BY
ODS code M85094
1.2 km
ROWLANDS ROAD SURGERY
15 ROWLANDS ROAD, SOUTH YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B26 1AT
ODS code M85171
1.6 km
RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE
179 RICHMOND ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 7SA
ODS code M89007
1.7 km
MANOR HOUSE LANE SURGERY
1 MANOR HOUSE LANE, YARDLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B26 1PD
ODS code M89009
1.7 km
ST. MARGARETS MEDICAL PRACTICE
8 ST. MARGARETS ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 7JS
ODS code M89005
2.0 km
AUBREY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
726-728 COVENTRY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0TU
ODS code M85749
2.2 km
THE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
691 COVENTRY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0JL
ODS code M85005
2.3 km
HALL GREEN HEALTH
979 STRATFORD ROAD, HALL GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B28 8BG
ODS code Y00159
2.3 km
SWANSWELL MEDICAL CENTRE
370 GOSPEL LANE, ACOCKS GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B27 7AL
ODS code M85177
2.3 km
GREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
50 PERCY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B11 3ND
ODS code M85735
2.4 km
HOBS MOAT MEDICAL CENTRE
ULLERIES ROAD, SOLIHULL, B92 8ED
ODS code M89019
2.5 km
OAKWOOD SURGERY
SPARKHILL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW
ODS code M85078
2.6 km
SPRINGFIELD SURGERY
SPARKHILL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW
ODS code M85774
2.6 km
THE HILL GENERAL PRACTICE & UCC
856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW
ODS code Y02620
2.6 km
THE HILL GP PRACTICE
SPARKHILL PRIM CARE CTRE, 856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW
ODS code Y05826
2.6 km
SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL PRACT
739-741 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4DG
ODS code M85756
2.7 km
OMNIA PRACTICE
73 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85034
2.7 km
Showing 20 of 68 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Francis Road
BCT · Stockfield
- 0.2 miles
Elmdon Road
BCT · Stockfield
- 0.2 miles
Elmdon Road
BCT · Stockfield
- 0.2 miles
Kilmorie Road
BCT · Stockfield
- 0.3 miles
Mansfield Road
BCT · Stockfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 089A, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,055 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,961 published events cover 12 months, averaging 496.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,558 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.