Schools
72 open schools are in scope, including 45 primary and 10 secondary schools. New Ways School is the nearest published school at 421 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B38 9WB
King's Norton South · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- King's Norton South
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Postcode district
- B38
- Postcode sector
- B38 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B38 9WB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 2002
- Terminated
- 1 October 2003
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B38
- Postcode sector
- B38 9
- Latitude
- 52.391061
- Longitude
- -1.944124
- British National Grid easting
- 403,899
- British National Grid northing
- 277,004
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- King's Norton South · E05011149
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Northfield · E14001097
- Output area
- E00046195
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 128E · E01009115
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 128 · E02001954
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
- 72
- Primary
- 45
- Secondary
- 10
- 421 m
New Ways School
Other independent school
- 514 m
Hawkesley Church Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.1 km
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,706
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 807
- Criminal damage and arson 180
- Vehicle crime 133
- Public order 96
- Burglary 88
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B38 9 residents
- 10,103
Age bands in B38 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.7%
2,241 residents
1,116 residents
2,637 residents
2,059 residents
1,276 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
17
within 5 km straight-line
HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
375 SHANNON ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 9TJ
ODS code M85043
665 m
COFTON MEDICAL CENTRE
2 ROBINSFIELD DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B31 4TU
ODS code M85086
1.6 km
WEST HEATH SURGERY
196 WEST HEATH ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 3HB
ODS code M85007
1.7 km
REA VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
66 REDDITCH ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8QS
ODS code M85600
1.8 km
WYCHALL LANE SURGERY
11 WYCHALL LANE, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8TE
ODS code M85071
2.2 km
WOODLAND ROAD SURGERY
57 WOODLAND ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2HZ
ODS code M85047
2.5 km
NORTHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
10-12 MIDDLETON HALL ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B30 1BY
ODS code M85077
2.8 km
ST HELIERS MEDICAL PRACTICE
15 ST. HELIERS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1QT
ODS code M85030
3.2 km
DRUIDS HEATH SURGERY
27 POUND ROAD, DRUIDS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 5SB
ODS code M85136
3.5 km
GREAT PARK MEDICAL GROUP
MANOR PARK GROVE, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 5ER
ODS code M85076
4.0 km
HOLLYWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
BEAUDESERT ROAD, HOLLYWOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B47 5DP
ODS code M81064
4.2 km
DOSKI MEDICAL PRACTICE
101 HOLLOWAY, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1TR
ODS code M85730
4.3 km
COLLEGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, 1 BRISTOL ROAD SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2GH
ODS code M85029
4.4 km
SHENLEY GREEN SURGERY
22 SHENLEY GREEN, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 4HH
ODS code M85062
4.4 km
MAYPOLE HEALTH SURGERY Y
10 SLADEPOOL FARM ROAD, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 5DJ
ODS code M85179
4.5 km
LEACH HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE
32 LEACH HEATH LANE, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9BU
ODS code M85027
4.7 km
BARNT GREEN SURGERY
82 HEWELL ROAD, BARNT GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B45 8NF
ODS code M81078
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Longdales Road
BCT · Hawkesley
- 0.1 miles
Bracken Way
BCT · Hawkesley
- 0.1 miles
Pasture Walk
BCT · Hawkesley
- 0.2 miles
Pasture Walk
BCT · Hawkesley
- 0.2 miles
Wast Hill Playing Fields
BCT · West Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 128E, 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
2,163 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
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
1,706 published events cover 12 months, averaging 142.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 807 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.