Schools
222 open schools are in scope, including 111 primary and 36 secondary schools. Priory School is the nearest published school at 584 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B5 7WB
Edgbaston · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- 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 7WB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 2002
- Terminated
- 1 March 2003
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B5
- Postcode sector
- B5 7
- Latitude
- 52.461169
- Longitude
- -1.906434
- British National Grid easting
- 406,454
- British National Grid northing
- 284,805
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
- E00045641
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 074D · E01008997
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 222
- Primary
- 111
- Secondary
- 36
- 584 m
Priory School
Other independent school
- 661 m
Lillian De Lissa Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 666 m
Oasis Academy Woodview
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,409
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,750
- Vehicle crime 674
- Other theft 510
- Criminal damage and arson 445
- Shoplifting 357
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
83
within 5 km straight-line
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
606 m
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
1.2 km
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
1.3 km
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
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
1.3 km
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
1.3 km
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
1.3 km
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
1.3 km
SELLY PARK SURGERY
2 REAVIEW DRIVE, SELLY PARK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 7NT
ODS code M85042
2.0 km
NEWPORT MEDICAL GROUP
NEWPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 NEWPORT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8QE
ODS code M85164
2.1 km
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 PRITCHATTS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2QU
ODS code M85167
2.2 km
KARIS MEDICAL CENTRE
WATERWORKS ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 9AL
ODS code M85088
2.3 km
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
2.3 km
WAKE GREEN SURGERY
7 WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9HD
ODS code M85074
2.3 km
BOURNBROOK VARSITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1A ALTON ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 7DU
ODS code M85041
2.3 km
THE BALAJI SURGERY, THE SPARKBROOK CHC
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85794
2.4 km
THE BROOK SURGERY
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85174
2.4 km
MOSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
2-2B WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EZ
ODS code M85021
2.4 km
MOOR GREEN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
339 MOOR GREEN LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B13 8QS
ODS code M85733
2.6 km
Showing 20 of 83 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Viceroy Close
BCT · Cannon Hill Park
- 0.0 miles
Viceroy Close
BCT · Cannon Hill Park
- 0.1 miles
Speedwell Road
BCT · Highgate
- 0.1 miles
Speedwell Road
BCT · Highgate
- 0.2 miles
Edward Road
BCT · Cannon Hill Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 074D, 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
16,867 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
6,409 published events cover 12 months, averaging 534.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,750 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.