Schools
233 open schools are in scope, including 116 primary and 35 secondary schools. Titan Aston Academy is the nearest published school at 419 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B6 5SD
Nechells · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Nechells
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B6
- Postcode sector
- B6 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B6 5SD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1994
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B6
- Postcode sector
- B6 5
- Latitude
- 52.498857
- Longitude
- -1.879163
- British National Grid easting
- 408,300
- British National Grid northing
- 289,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Nechells · E05011155
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00045236
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 037C · E01008901
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 037 · E02001863
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 B6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 233
- Primary
- 116
- Secondary
- 35
- 419 m
Titan Aston Academy
Free schools alternative provision
- 493 m
Cromwell Junior and Infant School
Academy converter
- 519 m
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,921
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,292
- Vehicle crime 559
- Criminal damage and arson 361
- Other theft 341
- Public order 308
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B6 5 residents
- 4,940
Age bands in B6 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 23.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 9.2%
1,127 residents
889 residents
1,392 residents
979 residents
444 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
77
within 5 km straight-line
CHURCH ROAD SURGERY
28 CHURCH ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5UP
ODS code M85697
565 m
NECHELLS PRACTICE
BLOOMSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 63 RUPERT STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5DT
ODS code M85759
593 m
VICTORIA ROAD MEDICAL CTR
229-233 VICTORIA ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5HP
ODS code M85676
640 m
THE ST.CLEMENTS SURGERY
56 NECHELLS PARK ROAD, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5PR
ODS code M85053
764 m
BLOOMSBURY SURGERY
30 BLOOMSBURY STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5BT
ODS code M85732
795 m
AL-SHAFA MEDICAL CENTRE
5-7 LITTLE OAKS ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 6JY
ODS code M85123
1.2 km
RAYDOCS NEWTOWN
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 243 WHEELER STREET, NEWTOWN, BIRMINGHAM, B19 2ET
ODS code M85020
1.6 km
GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RE
ODS code M85170
1.7 km
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
38 HAVELOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RT
ODS code M85670
1.8 km
ALPHA MEDICAL PRACTICE
ALPHA MP, 38 ALUM ROCK RD, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85139
1.8 km
PAK HEALTH CENTRE
38 ALUM ROCK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85739
1.8 km
AMAANAH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code Y01068
2.1 km
SALTLEY AND FERNBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
SALTLEY HEALTH CENTRE, CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code M85110
2.1 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
2.2 km
ALUM ROCK MEDICAL CENTRE
27-29 HIGHFIELD ROAD, SALTLEY, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3QD
ODS code M85149
2.2 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
2.2 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
2.3 km
HALCYON MEDICAL
UNIT 8, 24 MARTINEAU PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, B2 4UH
ODS code M85778
2.3 km
HAMD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4 CLODESHALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y03597
2.4 km
OAKLEAF
OAKLEAF MEDICAL PRACTICE, 4 CLODESHALL ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y02794
2.4 km
Showing 20 of 77 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Portland Street
BCT · Aston
- 0.1 miles
Portland Street
BCT · Aston
- 0.2 miles
Aston Cross
BCT · Aston
- 0.2 miles
Park Road
BCT · Aston
- 0.2 miles
Aston Cross
BCT · Aston
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 037C, 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
851 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 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
4,921 published events cover 12 months, averaging 410.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,292 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.