B49 6QR

Alcester East · Stratford-on-Avon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Alcester
Local authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon
Postcode district
B49
Postcode sector
B49 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B49 6PZ 83 m
B49 6QX 85 m
B49 6QS 100 m
B49 6PY 135 m
B49 6QY 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B49 6QR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B49
Postcode sector
B49 6
Latitude
52.218533
Longitude
-1.861433
British National Grid easting
409,563
British National Grid northing
257,821

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Stratford-on-Avon · E07000221
Parish or community
E04012351
Westminster constituency
Stratford-on-Avon · E14001526
Output area
E00158957
Lower layer super output area
Stratford-on-Avon 006D · E01031186
Middle layer super output area
Stratford-on-Avon 006 · E02006509

Postcode source versions

Explore B49

38 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
23, Fields Park Drive, Alcester, B49 6QR 21 November 2025 £250,000
24, Fields Park Drive, Alcester, B49 6QR 8 November 2024 £319,000
3, Fields Park Drive, Alcester, B49 6QR 7 June 2024 £410,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
3
  1. St Benedict's Catholic High School

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    350 m
  2. Alcester Academy

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    366 m
  3. Our Lady's Catholic Primary School

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    588 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
563
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 242
  • Anti social behaviour 92
  • Shoplifting 44
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Public order 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
87

45 female, 42 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
2.7
B49 6 residents
6,181

Age bands in B49 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.9%

919 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

490 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.7%

1,151 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

1,715 residents

Age 65 and over
30.6%

1,887 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B49 6 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • ALCESTER HEALTH CENTRE

    FIELDS PARK DRIVE, ALCESTER, B49 6QR

    ODS code M84049

    0 m

  • THE ARROW SURGERY

    FIELDS PARK DRIVE, ALCESTER, B49 6QR

    ODS code M84060

    0 m

Nearby transport

  • Crooks Lane

    BCT · Alcester

    0.1 miles
  • Alcester Members Club

    BCT · Alcester

    0.1 miles
  • Alcester Members Club

    BCT · Alcester

    0.2 miles
  • St Benedicts RC School

    BCT · Alcester

    0.2 miles
  • St Faiths Road

    BCT · Alcester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stratford-on-Avon 006D, 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

14,466 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
8 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
4
Medium risk addresses
8
Low risk addresses
8
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

Property market

The five-year median is £319,000 from 3 recorded sales in B49 6QR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Stratford-on-Avon is £392,574 in June 2026, up 1.4% year on year.

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Benedict's Catholic High School is the nearest published school at 350 m.

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

Recorded crime

563 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 242 events.

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