Schools
134 open schools are in scope, including 82 primary and 23 secondary schools. Dorrington Academy is the nearest published school at 540 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B42 1LF
Perry Barr · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Perry Barr
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Postcode district
- B42
- Postcode sector
- B42 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B42 1LF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B42
- Postcode sector
- B42 1
- Latitude
- 52.534412
- Longitude
- -1.920152
- British National Grid easting
- 405,513
- British National Grid northing
- 292,951
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Perry Barr · E05011160
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr · E14001098
- Output area
- E00046845
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 024A · E01009237
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 024 · E02001850
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
- 134
- Primary
- 82
- Secondary
- 23
- 540 m
Dorrington Academy
Academy converter
- 574 m
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
- 909 m
Calshot Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,456
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 981
- Shoplifting 360
- Vehicle crime 236
- Criminal damage and arson 175
- Other theft 144
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 56
- Postcode households
- 20
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- B42 1 residents
- 10,981
33 female, 23 male
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
This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B42 1 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- 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
38
within 5 km
TOWER HILL PARTNERSHIP
433 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1BT
ODS code M85019
802 m
PERRY PARK SURGERY
291-293 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1TY
ODS code M85624
1.4 km
SCOTT ARMS MEDICAL CENTRE
WHITECREST, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 6EE
ODS code M88021
1.5 km
GREAT BARR PRACTICE
379 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7HB
ODS code M88015
1.7 km
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
1.7 km
COTMORE SURGERY
169 OLD OSCOTT LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 8TU
ODS code M85792
2.0 km
THE OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE
199 SHADY LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9ER
ODS code M85060
2.6 km
COLLINGWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE
COLLINGWOOD CENTRE, COLLINGWOOD DRIVE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7NF
ODS code M91032
2.7 km
APOLLO SURGERY
619 KINGS ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9HW
ODS code M85158
2.9 km
QUESLETT MEDICAL CENTRE
522 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7DY
ODS code M91642
3.0 km
COLLEGE ROAD SURGERY
452 COLLEGE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0HL
ODS code M85087
3.1 km
AYLESBURY SURGERY
AYLESBURY HOUSE, WARREN FARM ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0DX
ODS code M85779
3.1 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
3.2 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
3.3 km
KINGSTANDING CIRCLE SURGERY
26 ROUGH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0UY
ODS code M85155
3.4 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
3.5 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
3.5 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
3.6 km
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
3.6 km
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 38 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
Tower Hill
BCT · Tower Hill
- 0.1 miles
Tower Hill
BCT · Tower Hill
- 0.1 miles
The Towers
BCT · Tower Hill
- 0.2 miles
Gainsborough Road
BCT · Tower Hill
- 0.2 miles
Foden Road
BCT · Tower Hill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 024A, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,528 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 2
- 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
2,456 published events cover 12 months, averaging 204.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 981 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.