Schools
185 open schools are in scope, including 104 primary and 31 secondary schools. Broadway Academy is the nearest published school at 313 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B42 2TN
Aston · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Aston
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Postcode district
- B42
- Postcode sector
- B42 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B42 2TN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1997
- Terminated
- 1 January 2026
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B42
- Postcode sector
- B42 2
- Latitude
- 52.515309
- Longitude
- -1.898304
- British National Grid easting
- 406,998
- British National Grid northing
- 290,828
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Aston · E05011121
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr · E14001098
- Output area
- E00045909
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 033A · E01009051
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 033 · E02001859
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
- 185
- Primary
- 104
- Secondary
- 31
- 313 m
Broadway Academy
Academy converter
- 356 m
Canterbury Cross Primary School
Academy converter
- 453 m
Eden Boys' School, Birmingham
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,729
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,097
- Criminal damage and arson 591
- Public order 560
- Drugs 436
- Vehicle crime 395
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B42 2 residents
- 14,100
Age bands in B42 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.7%
2,775 residents
1,604 residents
4,009 residents
3,552 residents
2,065 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
64
within 5 km straight-line
AL-SHAFA MEDICAL CENTRE
5-7 LITTLE OAKS ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 6JY
ODS code M85123
1.1 km
PERRY PARK SURGERY
291-293 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1TY
ODS code M85624
1.2 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
1.3 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
1.5 km
RAYDOCS NEWTOWN
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 243 WHEELER STREET, NEWTOWN, BIRMINGHAM, B19 2ET
ODS code M85020
1.6 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
1.7 km
VICTORIA ROAD MEDICAL CTR
229-233 VICTORIA ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5HP
ODS code M85676
1.7 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
1.8 km
TOWER HILL PARTNERSHIP
433 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1BT
ODS code M85019
1.8 km
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
2.0 km
CHURCH ROAD SURGERY
28 CHURCH ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5UP
ODS code M85697
2.1 km
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
2.2 km
THE ST.CLEMENTS SURGERY
56 NECHELLS PARK ROAD, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5PR
ODS code M85053
2.8 km
NECHELLS PRACTICE
BLOOMSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 63 RUPERT STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5DT
ODS code M85759
2.8 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
2.8 km
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
2.8 km
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
2.8 km
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
2.8 km
COLLEGE ROAD SURGERY
452 COLLEGE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0HL
ODS code M85087
2.9 km
DR KHUROO'S PRACTICE
STOCKLAND GREEN PCC, 192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85716
2.9 km
Showing 20 of 64 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Birchfield Rd
BCT · Perry Barr
- 0.1 miles
Birchfield Rd
BCT · Perry Barr
- 0.1 miles
Stoneleigh Road
BCT · Perry Barr
- 0.1 miles
Stoneleigh Road
BCT · Perry Barr
- 0.2 miles
Station Bridge
BCT · Perry Barr
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 033A, 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
584 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
6,729 published events cover 12 months, averaging 560.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,097 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.