Schools
89 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 15 secondary schools. New Ways School is the nearest published school at 558 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B38 8NF
King's Norton North · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- King's Norton North
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Postcode district
- B38
- Postcode sector
- B38 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B38 8NF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1981
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B38
- Postcode sector
- B38 8
- Latitude
- 52.397320
- Longitude
- -1.947041
- British National Grid easting
- 403,700
- British National Grid northing
- 277,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- King's Norton North · E05011148
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Northfield · E14001097
- Output area
- E00046210
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 127B · E01009111
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 127 · E02001953
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 B38
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 89
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 15
- 558 m
New Ways School
Other independent school
- 605 m
West Heath Primary School
Community school
- 749 m
Hawkesley Church Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,804
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,365
- Criminal damage and arson 303
- Vehicle crime 226
- Public order 152
- Burglary 149
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B38 8 residents
- 9,126
Age bands in B38 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.9%
1,737 residents
1,041 residents
2,359 residents
2,474 residents
2,132 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
22
within 5 km straight-line
HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
375 SHANNON ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 9TJ
ODS code M85043
682 m
WEST HEATH SURGERY
196 WEST HEATH ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 3HB
ODS code M85007
1.1 km
REA VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
66 REDDITCH ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8QS
ODS code M85600
1.4 km
COFTON MEDICAL CENTRE
2 ROBINSFIELD DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B31 4TU
ODS code M85086
1.4 km
WYCHALL LANE SURGERY
11 WYCHALL LANE, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8TE
ODS code M85071
1.6 km
WOODLAND ROAD SURGERY
57 WOODLAND ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2HZ
ODS code M85047
1.8 km
NORTHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
10-12 MIDDLETON HALL ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B30 1BY
ODS code M85077
2.2 km
ST HELIERS MEDICAL PRACTICE
15 ST. HELIERS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1QT
ODS code M85030
2.6 km
DRUIDS HEATH SURGERY
27 POUND ROAD, DRUIDS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 5SB
ODS code M85136
3.4 km
GREAT PARK MEDICAL GROUP
MANOR PARK GROVE, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 5ER
ODS code M85076
3.6 km
DOSKI MEDICAL PRACTICE
101 HOLLOWAY, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1TR
ODS code M85730
3.6 km
COLLEGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, 1 BRISTOL ROAD SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2GH
ODS code M85029
3.6 km
SHENLEY GREEN SURGERY
22 SHENLEY GREEN, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 4HH
ODS code M85062
3.7 km
MAYPOLE HEALTH SURGERY Y
10 SLADEPOOL FARM ROAD, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 5DJ
ODS code M85179
4.5 km
HOLLYWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
BEAUDESERT ROAD, HOLLYWOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B47 5DP
ODS code M81064
4.5 km
LEACH HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE
32 LEACH HEATH LANE, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9BU
ODS code M85027
4.5 km
RIVER BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
3 RIVER BROOK DRIVE, STIRCHLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B30 2SH
ODS code M85156
4.6 km
WEOLEY PARK SURGERY
112 WEOLEY PARK ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5HA
ODS code M85056
4.6 km
SELLY OAK HEALTH CENTRE
15 KATIE ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 6JG
ODS code M85055
4.6 km
MILLENNIUM MEDICAL CENTRE
121 WEOLEY CASTLE ROAD, WEOLEY CASTLE, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5QD
ODS code M85023
4.7 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Green Acres Road
BCT · Hawkesley
- 0.1 miles
Green Acres Road
BCT · Hawkesley
- 0.1 miles
Bay Tree Close
BCT · Hawkesley
- 0.1 miles
Bay Tree Close
BCT · Hawkesley
- 0.2 miles
Glendene Crescent
BCT · West Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 127B, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
12,882 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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
2,804 published events cover 12 months, averaging 233.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,365 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.