Schools
148 open schools are in scope, including 90 primary and 25 secondary schools. Dorrington Academy is the nearest published school at 452 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B42 1EE
Handsworth Wood · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Handsworth Wood
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Postcode district
- B42
- Postcode sector
- B42 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B42 1EE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1998
- Terminated
- 1 October 2000
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B42
- Postcode sector
- B42 1
- Latitude
- 52.528565
- Longitude
- -1.929198
- British National Grid easting
- 404,900
- British National Grid northing
- 292,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Handsworth Wood · E05011143
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr · E14001098
- Output area
- E00046993
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 133E · E01009279
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 133 · E02006809
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 B42
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 148
- Primary
- 90
- Secondary
- 25
- 452 m
Dorrington Academy
Academy converter
- 662 m
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
- 897 m
Hamstead Hall Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,348
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 999
- Shoplifting 305
- Vehicle crime 236
- Criminal damage and arson 176
- Other theft 133
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B42 1 residents
- 10,981
Age bands in B42 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.6%
2,282 residents
1,522 residents
2,999 residents
2,757 residents
1,628 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
54
within 5 km straight-line
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
960 m
TOWER HILL PARTNERSHIP
433 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1BT
ODS code M85019
1.3 km
PERRY PARK SURGERY
291-293 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1TY
ODS code M85624
1.7 km
SCOTT ARMS MEDICAL CENTRE
WHITECREST, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 6EE
ODS code M88021
2.1 km
GREAT BARR PRACTICE
379 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7HB
ODS code M88015
2.5 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
2.7 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
2.8 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
2.8 km
COTMORE SURGERY
169 OLD OSCOTT LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 8TU
ODS code M85792
2.8 km
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
2.9 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
2.9 km
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
2.9 km
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
2.9 km
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
2.9 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
3.0 km
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
3.1 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
3.2 km
THE OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE
199 SHADY LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9ER
ODS code M85060
3.5 km
RAYDOCS NEWTOWN
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 243 WHEELER STREET, NEWTOWN, BIRMINGHAM, B19 2ET
ODS code M85020
3.5 km
AL-SHAFA MEDICAL CENTRE
5-7 LITTLE OAKS ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 6JY
ODS code M85123
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 54 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Austin Way
BCT · Hamstead
- 0.1 miles
Austin Way
BCT · Hamstead
- 0.1 miles
Beauchamp Avenue
BCT · Hamstead
- 0.2 miles
Hamstead Rail Station
RSE · Hamstead
- 0.2 miles
Hamstead Rail Station
RSE · Hamstead
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 133E, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,523 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
2,348 published events cover 12 months, averaging 195.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 999 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.