Schools
193 open schools are in scope, including 99 primary and 28 secondary schools. King Edward's School is the nearest published school at 291 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B5 7ST
Edgbaston · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Edgbaston
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston
- Postcode district
- B5
- Postcode sector
- B5 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B5 7ST
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1996
- Terminated
- 1 June 2012
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B5
- Postcode sector
- B5 7
- Latitude
- 52.448156
- Longitude
- -1.925059
- British National Grid easting
- 405,190
- British National Grid northing
- 283,356
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Edgbaston · E05011134
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston · E14001092
- Output area
- E00186161
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 079H · E01034937
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 079 · E02001905
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
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 103, Beech Cottage, Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7ST | 10 May 1999 | £127,500 |
| 103, Beech Cottage, Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7ST | 16 June 1995 | £95,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 193
- Primary
- 99
- Secondary
- 28
- 291 m
King Edward's School
Other independent school
- 297 m
King Edward VI High School for Girls
Other independent school
- 405 m
University of Birmingham
Higher education institutions
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,658
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,645
- Shoplifting 795
- Vehicle crime 388
- Other theft 344
- Burglary 322
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- 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
65
within 5 km straight-line
BOURNBROOK VARSITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1A ALTON ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 7DU
ODS code M85041
427 m
SELLY PARK SURGERY
2 REAVIEW DRIVE, SELLY PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 7NT
ODS code M85042
743 m
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 PRITCHATTS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2QU
ODS code M85167
1.3 km
SELLY OAK HEALTH CENTRE
15 KATIE ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 6JG
ODS code M85055
1.5 km
MOOR GREEN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
339 MOOR GREEN LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B13 8QS
ODS code M85733
1.5 km
RIVER BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
3 RIVER BROOK DRIVE, STIRCHLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B30 2SH
ODS code M85156
1.8 km
HARBORNE MEDICAL PRACTICE
4 YORK STREET, HARBORNE, BIRMINGHAM, B17 0HG
ODS code M85058
1.9 km
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
2.3 km
WEOLEY PARK SURGERY
112 WEOLEY PARK ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5HA
ODS code M85056
2.4 km
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
2.5 km
POPLAR PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
58-64 POPLAR ROAD, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 7AG
ODS code Y02571
2.7 km
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
2.7 km
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
2.7 km
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
2.7 km
LORDSWOOD HOUSE GROUP MEDICAL PRACTICE
54 LORDSWOOD ROAD, HARBORNE, BIRMINGHAM, B17 9DB
ODS code M85028
2.7 km
COLLEGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, 1 BRISTOL ROAD SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2GH
ODS code M85029
2.8 km
WAKE GREEN SURGERY
7 WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9HD
ODS code M85074
2.8 km
MOSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
2-2B WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EZ
ODS code M85021
2.9 km
BATH ROW MEDICAL PRACTICE
FIRST FLOOR, COLSTON SUITE, ATTWOOD GREENN HC, 30 BATH ROW, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code M85025
2.9 km
HOMELESS HEALTH EXCHANGE
30 BATH ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B15 1LZ
ODS code Y01057
2.9 km
Showing 20 of 65 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Edgbaston Park Road
BCT · Bournbrook
- 0.0 miles
Edgbaston Park Road
BCT · Bournbrook
- 0.1 miles
Bournbrook Road
BCT · Bournbrook
- 0.1 miles
King Edwards High School
BCT · Birmingham University
- 0.2 miles
Bournbrook Road
BCT · Bournbrook
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 079H, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,957 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 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
4,658 published events cover 12 months, averaging 388.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,645 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.