Schools
225 open schools are in scope, including 113 primary and 36 secondary schools. Aston University is the nearest published school at 378 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B4 6HL
Newtown · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Newtown
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B4
- Postcode sector
- B4 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B4 6HL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 2002
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B4
- Postcode sector
- B4 6
- Latitude
- 52.486656
- Longitude
- -1.896514
- British National Grid easting
- 407,124
- British National Grid northing
- 287,641
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Newtown · E05011156
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00186107
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 050F · E01033617
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 050 · E02001876
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 B4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 225
- Primary
- 113
- Secondary
- 36
- 378 m
Aston University
Higher education institutions
- 614 m
St George's Church of England Academy, Newtown
Academy sponsor led
- 626 m
Birmingham Metropolitan College
Further education
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 18,521
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 6,766
- Shoplifting 2,843
- Other theft 1,669
- Public order 1,299
- Vehicle crime 1,152
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 49
- Postcode households
- 22
- Residents per household
- 2.2
- B4 6 residents
- 1,588
19 female, 30 male
Age bands in B4 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 2.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 29.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 55.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 11.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 1.8%
9 residents
117 residents
220 residents
45 residents
7 residents
This postcode contained 3.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B4 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 0%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
85
within 5 km
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
676 m
HOCKLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 LION COURT, CARVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B1 3AL
ODS code M85797
1.3 km
NECHELLS PRACTICE
BLOOMSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 63 RUPERT STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5DT
ODS code M85759
1.6 km
RAYDOCS NEWTOWN
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 243 WHEELER STREET, NEWTOWN, BIRMINGHAM, B19 2ET
ODS code M85020
1.7 km
BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM
121 GLOVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4EY
ODS code Y06487
1.7 km
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
1.8 km
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
1.8 km
VICTORIA ROAD MEDICAL CTR
229-233 VICTORIA ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5HP
ODS code M85676
1.8 km
BLOOMSBURY SURGERY
30 BLOOMSBURY STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5BT
ODS code M85732
1.8 km
BROADWAY HEALTH CENTRE
COPE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7BA
ODS code Y00471
1.9 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
2.0 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
2.1 km
AL-SHAFA MEDICAL CENTRE
5-7 LITTLE OAKS ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 6JY
ODS code M85123
2.2 km
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
2.3 km
THE ST.CLEMENTS SURGERY
56 NECHELLS PARK ROAD, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5PR
ODS code M85053
2.3 km
CHURCH ROAD SURGERY
28 CHURCH ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5UP
ODS code M85697
2.4 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
2.4 km
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
2.4 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
2.5 km
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
2.6 km
Showing 20 of 85 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Price Street
BCT · Aston University
- 0.2 miles
Lower Loveday Street
BCT · Jewellery Quarter
- 0.2 miles
Lower Loveday Street
BCT · Jewellery Quarter
- 0.2 miles
Lloyd House
BCT · Birmingham
- 0.2 miles
Lloyd House
BCT · Birmingham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 050F, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
20,084 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
18,521 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,543.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6,766 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.