Schools
98 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 15 secondary schools. The Edge Academy is the nearest published school at 207 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B31 2PU
Northfield · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Northfield
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Postcode district
- B31
- Postcode sector
- B31 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B31 2PU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B31
- Postcode sector
- B31 2
- Latitude
- 52.412611
- Longitude
- -1.970546
- British National Grid easting
- 402,100
- British National Grid northing
- 279,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Northfield · E05011158
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Northfield · E14001097
- Output area
- E00046733
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 120E · E01009219
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 120 · E02001946
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 B31
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 98
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 15
- 207 m
The Edge Academy
Free schools alternative provision
- 447 m
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
- 478 m
Bellfield Infant School (NC)
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,965
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,688
- Shoplifting 433
- Criminal damage and arson 345
- Vehicle crime 309
- Public order 226
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B31 2 residents
- 13,696
Age bands in B31 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.3%
2,622 residents
1,487 residents
3,694 residents
3,361 residents
2,851 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
ST HELIERS MEDICAL PRACTICE
15 ST. HELIERS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1QT
ODS code M85030
357 m
WOODLAND ROAD SURGERY
57 WOODLAND ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2HZ
ODS code M85047
628 m
DOSKI MEDICAL PRACTICE
101 HOLLOWAY, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1TR
ODS code M85730
1.3 km
WEST HEATH SURGERY
196 WEST HEATH ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 3HB
ODS code M85007
1.3 km
SHENLEY GREEN SURGERY
22 SHENLEY GREEN, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 4HH
ODS code M85062
1.6 km
GREAT PARK MEDICAL GROUP
MANOR PARK GROVE, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 5ER
ODS code M85076
2.1 km
COFTON MEDICAL CENTRE
2 ROBINSFIELD DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B31 4TU
ODS code M85086
2.2 km
COLLEGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, 1 BRISTOL ROAD SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2GH
ODS code M85029
2.3 km
WYCHALL LANE SURGERY
11 WYCHALL LANE, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8TE
ODS code M85071
2.4 km
NORTHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
10-12 MIDDLETON HALL ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B30 1BY
ODS code M85077
2.6 km
MILLENNIUM MEDICAL CENTRE
121 WEOLEY CASTLE ROAD, WEOLEY CASTLE, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5QD
ODS code M85023
2.8 km
REA VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
66 REDDITCH ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8QS
ODS code M85600
2.9 km
HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
375 SHANNON ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 9TJ
ODS code M85043
3.0 km
WEOLEY PARK SURGERY
112 WEOLEY PARK ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5HA
ODS code M85056
3.0 km
JIGGINS LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
17 JIGGINS LANE, BARTLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B32 3LE
ODS code M85143
3.2 km
BARTLEY GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
71 ROMSLEY ROAD, BARTLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B32 3PR
ODS code M85117
3.4 km
SELLY OAK HEALTH CENTRE
15 KATIE ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 6JG
ODS code M85055
3.6 km
WOODGATE VALLEY HEALTH CENTRE
61 STEVENS AVENUE, WOODGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B32 3SD
ODS code M85035
3.6 km
LEACH HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE
32 LEACH HEATH LANE, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9BU
ODS code M85027
3.7 km
NEW ROAD SURGERY
104-106 NEW ROAD, RUBERY, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9HY
ODS code M81025
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Northfield Leisure Centre
BCT · Northfield
- 0.1 miles
Northfield Leisure Centre
BCT · Northfield
- 0.1 miles
Lockwood Road
BCT · Northfield
- 0.1 miles
Northfield Leisure Centre
BCT · Northfield
- 0.1 miles
Lockwood Road
BCT · Northfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 120E, 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
8,083 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
3,965 published events cover 12 months, averaging 330.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,688 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.