Schools
225 open schools are in scope, including 107 primary and 38 secondary schools. Lift Percy Shurmer is the nearest published school at 404 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B5 7QB
Balsall Heath West · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Balsall Heath West
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B5
- Postcode sector
- B5 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B5 7QB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1983
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B5
- Postcode sector
- B5 7
- Latitude
- 52.462024
- Longitude
- -1.896748
- British National Grid easting
- 407,112
- British National Grid northing
- 284,901
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Balsall Heath West · E05011122
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00045588
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 074C · E01008996
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 074 · E02001900
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
Property
8 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Fitters Mill Close, Birmingham, B5 7QB | 23 March 2018 | £90,000 |
| 8, Fitters Mill Close, Birmingham, B5 7QB | 29 March 2017 | £185,000 |
| 8, Fitters Mill Close, Birmingham, B5 7QB | 31 July 2007 | £166,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 225
- Primary
- 107
- Secondary
- 38
- 404 m
Lift Percy Shurmer
Academy sponsor led
- 430 m
Lillian De Lissa Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 435 m
New Perspectives School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 8,899
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,769
- Vehicle crime 837
- Other theft 734
- Criminal damage and arson 710
- Public order 553
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 55
- Postcode households
- 13
- Residents per household
- 4.2
- B5 7 residents
- 9,491
26 female, 29 male
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
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B5 7 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
84
within 5 km
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
468 m
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
600 m
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
684 m
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
783 m
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
783 m
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
783 m
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
952 m
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
1.4 km
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
1.4 km
NEWPORT MEDICAL GROUP
NEWPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 NEWPORT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8QE
ODS code M85164
1.6 km
THE BALAJI SURGERY, THE SPARKBROOK CHC
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85794
1.7 km
THE BROOK SURGERY
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85174
1.7 km
WAKE GREEN SURGERY
7 WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9HD
ODS code M85074
2.0 km
WEATHER OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
35 WARWICK ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4RA
ODS code M85153
2.1 km
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
2.1 km
MOSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
2-2B WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EZ
ODS code M85021
2.1 km
BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM
121 GLOVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4EY
ODS code Y06487
2.1 km
SELLY PARK SURGERY
2 REAVIEW DRIVE, SELLY PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 7NT
ODS code M85042
2.4 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE
COOKSEY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0BS
ODS code M85024
2.4 km
THE KHATTAK MEMORIAL SURGERY
309 BOLTON ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0AU
ODS code M85146
2.4 km
Showing 20 of 84 matching practices.
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Calthorpe Park
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Calthorpe Park
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Balsall Heath Road
BCT · Highgate
- 0.2 miles
Sherbourne Road
BCT · Highgate
- 0.2 miles
Bellevue
BCT · Highgate
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 074C, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
4,293 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
8,899 published events cover 12 months, averaging 741.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,769 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.