Schools
87 open schools are in scope, including 61 primary and 14 secondary schools. Fortis Academy is the nearest published school at 606 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B44 8PB
Oscott · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Oscott
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Postcode district
- B44
- Postcode sector
- B44 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B44 8PB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 November 2001
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B44
- Postcode sector
- B44 8
- Latitude
- 52.551051
- Longitude
- -1.906567
- British National Grid easting
- 406,432
- British National Grid northing
- 294,803
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Oscott · E05011159
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr · E14001098
- Output area
- E00046812
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 013A · E01009223
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 013 · E02001839
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 B44
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 87
- Primary
- 61
- Secondary
- 14
- 606 m
Fortis Academy
Academy converter
- 746 m
Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy
Academy converter
- 969 m
Pheasey Park Farm Primary School and Early Years Centre
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,037
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 926
- Vehicle crime 195
- Criminal damage and arson 178
- Other theft 132
- Public order 125
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B44 8 residents
- 10,420
Age bands in B44 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
1,911 residents
1,111 residents
2,607 residents
2,642 residents
1,917 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
20
within 5 km straight-line
GREAT BARR PRACTICE
379 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7HB
ODS code M88015
637 m
COLLINGWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE
COLLINGWOOD CENTRE, COLLINGWOOD DRIVE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7NF
ODS code M91032
663 m
THE OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE
199 SHADY LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9ER
ODS code M85060
745 m
QUESLETT MEDICAL CENTRE
522 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7DY
ODS code M91642
924 m
APOLLO SURGERY
619 KINGS ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9HW
ODS code M85158
952 m
COTMORE SURGERY
169 OLD OSCOTT LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 8TU
ODS code M85792
1.2 km
SCOTT ARMS MEDICAL CENTRE
WHITECREST, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 6EE
ODS code M88021
1.3 km
KINGSTANDING CIRCLE SURGERY
26 ROUGH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0UY
ODS code M85155
1.7 km
AYLESBURY SURGERY
AYLESBURY HOUSE, WARREN FARM ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0DX
ODS code M85779
2.3 km
TOWER HILL PARTNERSHIP
433 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1BT
ODS code M85019
2.3 km
COLLEGE ROAD SURGERY
452 COLLEGE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0HL
ODS code M85087
2.7 km
PERRY PARK SURGERY
291-293 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1TY
ODS code M85624
2.8 km
HILLCREST SURGERY
9 TWICKENHAM ROAD, KINGSTANDING, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0NN
ODS code M85016
2.9 km
THE DOVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 DOVEDALE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B23 5DD
ODS code M85081
3.4 km
BLACKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
BLACKWOOD ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3PL
ODS code M91637
3.4 km
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
3.7 km
DR KHUROO'S PRACTICE
STOCKLAND GREEN PCC, 192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85716
4.5 km
RESERVOIR ROAD SURGERY
192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85070
4.5 km
TUDOR PRACTICE STOCKLAND GREEN
STOCKLAND GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85669
4.5 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Asda Queslett
BCT · Queslett
- 0.1 miles
Shady Lane
BCT · Queslett
- 0.1 miles
Brackenfield Road
BCT · Queslett
- 0.1 miles
Priestfield Close
BCT · Queslett
- 0.1 miles
Priestfield Close
BCT · Queslett
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 013A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
12,659 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
2,037 published events cover 12 months, averaging 169.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 926 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.