Schools
215 open schools are in scope, including 111 primary and 33 secondary schools. Oakbridge School is the nearest published school at 378 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B3 1UJ
Soho & Jewellery Quarter · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B3
- Postcode sector
- B3 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B3 1UJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 2008
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B3
- Postcode sector
- B3 1
- Latitude
- 52.486791
- Longitude
- -1.907249
- British National Grid easting
- 406,395
- British National Grid northing
- 287,655
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
- E00175778
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 138C · E01033623
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 138 · E02006899
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 B3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 215
- Primary
- 111
- Secondary
- 33
- 378 m
Oakbridge School
Other independent special school
- 485 m
St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown
Academy sponsor led
- 557 m
University College Birmingham
Higher education institutions
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 18,782
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 6,990
- Shoplifting 2,696
- Other theft 1,695
- Public order 1,261
- Vehicle crime 1,193
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B3 1 residents
- 2,762
Age bands in B3 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 3.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 21.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 65%
- Age 45 to 64
- 8.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 1.3%
115 residents
626 residents
1,927 residents
257 residents
38 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
84
within 5 km straight-line
HOCKLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 LION COURT, CARVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B1 3AL
ODS code M85797
558 m
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
1.0 km
BROADWAY HEALTH CENTRE
COPE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7BA
ODS code Y00471
1.2 km
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
1.6 km
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
1.6 km
RAYDOCS NEWTOWN
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 243 WHEELER STREET, NEWTOWN, BIRMINGHAM, B19 2ET
ODS code M85020
1.6 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
1.7 km
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
1.8 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
1.9 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
2.0 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
2.0 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
2.0 km
SUMMERFIELD GROUP PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y00492
2.0 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
2.1 km
KARIS MEDICAL CENTRE
WATERWORKS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 9AL
ODS code M85088
2.1 km
VICTORIA ROAD MEDICAL CTR
229-233 VICTORIA ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5HP
ODS code M85676
2.2 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
2.2 km
NECHELLS PRACTICE
BLOOMSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 63 RUPERT STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5DT
ODS code M85759
2.2 km
BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM
121 GLOVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4EY
ODS code Y06487
2.3 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
2.4 km
Showing 20 of 84 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
St Paul's (West Midlands Metro)
TMU · Jewellery Quarter
- 0.1 miles
Great Hampton Street
BCT · Jewellery Quarter
- 0.1 miles
St Paul's Metro
BCT · Jewellery Quarter
- 0.1 miles
St Paul's (West Midlands Metro)
MET · Jewellery Quarter
- 0.1 miles
St Paul's (West Midlands Metro)
PLT · Jewellery Quarter
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 138C, 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
8,708 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
18,782 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,565.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6,990 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.