B48 7AU

Barnt Green & Hopwood · Bromsgrove · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Bromsgrove
Constituency
Bromsgrove
Postcode district
B48
Postcode sector
B48 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B48 7BD 485 m
B48 7DU 533 m
B48 7BB 636 m
B48 7DT 714 m
B48 7DX 730 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B48 7AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B48
Postcode sector
B48 7
Latitude
52.363687
Longitude
-1.945905
British National Grid easting
403,780
British National Grid northing
273,959

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Bromsgrove · E07000234
Parish or community
E04010263
Westminster constituency
Bromsgrove · E14001138
Output area
E00163844
Lower layer super output area
Bromsgrove 009A · E01032122
Middle layer super output area
Bromsgrove 009 · E02006704

Postcode source versions

Explore B48

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
17
Secondary
3
  1. Graduately Developing Futures

    Other independent special school

    636 m
  2. Alvechurch CofE Middle School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  3. Crown Meadow First School & Nursery

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
142
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 32
  • Other theft 31
  • Shoplifting 18
  • Vehicle crime 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
B48 7 residents
6,055

Age bands in B48 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

1,030 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

528 residents

Age 25 to 44
21%

1,286 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

1,703 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

1,579 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
50%
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
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

5

within 5 km

  • BARNT GREEN SURGERY

    82 HEWELL ROAD, BARNT GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B45 8NF

    ODS code M81078

    3.1 km

  • COFTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 ROBINSFIELD DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B31 4TU

    ODS code M85086

    3.5 km

  • HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    375 SHANNON ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 9TJ

    ODS code M85043

    3.6 km

  • WEST HEATH SURGERY

    196 WEST HEATH ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 3HB

    ODS code M85007

    4.4 km

  • REA VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    66 REDDITCH ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8QS

    ODS code M85600

    4.7 km

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Pestilence Lane

    BCT · Arrowfield Top

    0.6 miles
  • Pestilence Lane

    BCT · Arrowfield Top

    0.6 miles
  • Ash Lane

    BCT · Hopwood

    0.6 miles
  • Ash Lane

    BCT · Hopwood

    0.6 miles
  • Waterside Orchard Park

    BCT · Hopwood

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromsgrove 009A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,518 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. Graduately Developing Futures is the nearest published school at 636 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

142 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 32 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.