Schools
227 open schools are in scope, including 108 primary and 39 secondary schools. Lift Percy Shurmer is the nearest published school at 247 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B5 7DW
Bordesley & Highgate · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bordesley & Highgate
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B5
- Postcode sector
- B5 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B5 7DW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1998
- Terminated
- 1 December 1999
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B5
- Postcode sector
- B5 7
- Latitude
- 52.465608
- Longitude
- -1.893972
- British National Grid easting
- 407,300
- British National Grid northing
- 285,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Bordesley & Highgate · E05011126
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00186094
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 071A · E01009362
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 071 · E02001897
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 B5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 227
- Primary
- 108
- Secondary
- 39
- 247 m
Lift Percy Shurmer
Academy sponsor led
- 274 m
Chandos Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 296 m
Ark St Alban's Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 14,428
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 5,188
- Shoplifting 2,190
- Other theft 1,024
- Criminal damage and arson 994
- Vehicle crime 950
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B5 7 residents
- 9,491
Age bands in B5 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.1%
1,921 residents
1,799 residents
2,909 residents
1,896 residents
1,064 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
85
within 5 km straight-line
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
392 m
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
464 m
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
468 m
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
997 m
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
997 m
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
997 m
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
1.3 km
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
1.3 km
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
1.3 km
THE BALAJI SURGERY, THE SPARKBROOK CHC
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85794
1.6 km
THE BROOK SURGERY
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85174
1.6 km
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
1.7 km
BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM
121 GLOVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4EY
ODS code Y06487
1.7 km
NEWPORT MEDICAL GROUP
NEWPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 NEWPORT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8QE
ODS code M85164
1.8 km
WEATHER OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
35 WARWICK ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4RA
ODS code M85153
2.0 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE
COOKSEY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0BS
ODS code M85024
2.2 km
THE KHATTAK MEMORIAL SURGERY
309 BOLTON ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0AU
ODS code M85146
2.2 km
WAKE GREEN SURGERY
7 WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9HD
ODS code M85074
2.3 km
SMALL HEATH MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 GREAT WOOD ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 9QE
ODS code M85108
2.3 km
MOSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
2-2B WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EZ
ODS code M85021
2.4 km
Showing 20 of 85 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Longmore Street
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Conybere Street
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Conybere Street
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Barrow Walk
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Barrow Walk
BCT · Highgate
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 071A, 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
696 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 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
Recorded crime
14,428 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,202.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,188 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.