Schools
107 open schools are in scope, including 66 primary and 16 secondary schools. Timberley Academy is the nearest published school at 168 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B34 7BZ
Shard End · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Shard End
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Postcode district
- B34
- Postcode sector
- B34 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B34 7BZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1996
- Terminated
- 1 June 1998
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B34
- Postcode sector
- B34 7
- Latitude
- 52.496419
- Longitude
- -1.768915
- British National Grid easting
- 415,785
- British National Grid northing
- 288,747
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Shard End · E05011165
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North · E14001095
- Output area
- E00047202
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 046D · E01009310
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 046 · E02001872
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 B34
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 107
- Primary
- 66
- Secondary
- 16
- 168 m
Timberley Academy
Academy converter
- 325 m
Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
- 396 m
Hillstone Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,660
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,669
- Vehicle crime 416
- Shoplifting 325
- Criminal damage and arson 318
- Public order 192
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B34 7 residents
- 8,868
Age bands in B34 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.4%
1,977 residents
1,010 residents
2,489 residents
2,022 residents
1,262 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
32
within 5 km straight-line
THE HARLEQUIN SURGERY
160 SHARD END CRESCENT, BIRMINGHAM, B34 7BP
ODS code M85031
613 m
THE CASTLE PRACTICE
2 HAWTHORNE ROAD, CASTLE BROMWICH, BIRMINGHAM, B36 0HH
ODS code M89026
937 m
SCHOOLACRE ROAD SURGERY
2 SCHOOLACRE ROAD, SHARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B34 6RB
ODS code M85141
1.2 km
KINGSHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
40 GILSON WAY, KINGSHURST, BIRMINGHAM, B37 6BE
ODS code M89002
1.5 km
PARKFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
10 PARKFIELD DRIVE, CASTLE BROMWICH, BIRMINGHAM, B36 9EJ
ODS code M89001
1.5 km
ARRAN MEDICAL CENTRE
BURTONS WAY, BIRMINGHAM, B36 0SZ
ODS code M89013
1.6 km
GREEN LANE SURGERY
SMITHS WOOD MEDICAL CTR, BURTONS WAY, SMITHS WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B36 0SZ
ODS code M89027
1.6 km
MIRFIELD SURGERY
287 KITTS GREEN ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM, B33 9SA
ODS code M85746
1.7 km
CHURCH LANE - KHAN
111-113 CHURCH LANE, KITTS GREEN, STECHFORD, BIRMINGHAM, B33 9EJ
ODS code M85013
2.0 km
BOSWORTH MEDICAL GROUP
CHELMSLEY WOOD PCC, CRABTREE DRIVE, CHELMSLEY WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B37 5BU
ODS code M89008
2.0 km
NSC BOSWORTH HUB
BOSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE, 16 CRABTREE DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B37 5BU
ODS code Y06125
2.0 km
BUCKLANDS END LANE SURGERY
36 BUCKLANDS END LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B34 6BP
ODS code M85113
2.1 km
HODGE HILL FAMILY PRACTICE
1ST FLOOR HODGE HILL PCC, ROUGHLEA AVENUE, HODGE HILL, BIRMINGHAM, B36 8GH
ODS code Y02567
2.3 km
FIRS SURGERY
87 KEMPSON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B36 8LR
ODS code M85107
2.5 km
SATIS HOUSE
10 BIRMINGHAM ROAD, WATER ORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B46 1TH
ODS code Y04884
2.8 km
SHAH ZAMAN SURGERY
70 TANGMERE DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B35 7QX
ODS code M85001
2.9 km
EDEN COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE
200 TANGMERE DRIVE, CASTLE VALE, BIRMINGHAM, B35 6EE
ODS code M85079
3.0 km
DOWNSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
315 SHELDON HEATH ROAD, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 2TY
ODS code M85717
3.4 km
GARRETTS GREEN LANE SURGERY
172 GARRETTS GREEN LANE, SHELDON, BIRMINGHAM, B26 2SB
ODS code M85694
3.4 km
CROFT MEDICAL CENTRE
1 POMEROY WAY, CHELMSLEY WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B37 7WB
ODS code M89012
3.5 km
Showing 20 of 32 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Bradley Road
BCT · Shard End
- 0.1 miles
Nearmoor Road
BCT · Shard End
- 0.1 miles
Freasley Road
BCT · Shard End
- 0.1 miles
Nearmoor Road
BCT · Shard End
- 0.2 miles
Freasley Road
BCT · Shard End
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 046D, 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
2,916 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
3,660 published events cover 12 months, averaging 305 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,669 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.