B74 4RQ

Sutton Four Oaks · Birmingham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sutton Coldfield
Local authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Sutton Coldfield
Postcode district
B74
Postcode sector
B74 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B74 4JF 130 m
B74 4RG 151 m
B74 4RF 164 m
B74 4JX 200 m
B74 4RJ 206 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B74 4RQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B74
Postcode sector
B74 4
Latitude
52.593937
Longitude
-1.849345
British National Grid easting
410,302
British National Grid northing
299,580

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Birmingham · E08000025
Parish or community
E04012653
Westminster constituency
Sutton Coldfield · E14001535
Output area
E00047687
Lower layer super output area
Birmingham 001A · E01009417
Middle layer super output area
Birmingham 001 · E02001827

Postcode source versions

Explore B74

50 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
57, Russell Bank Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 4RQ 27 October 2025 £385,000
56, Russell Bank Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 4RQ 17 January 2025 £610,000
99, Russell Bank Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 4RQ 22 August 2024 £452,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
24
Secondary
6
  1. Four Oaks Primary School

    Foundation school

    264 m
  2. Hill West Primary School

    Academy converter

    457 m
  3. The Arthur Terry School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
677
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 211
  • Shoplifting 114
  • Vehicle crime 83
  • Public order 51
  • Criminal damage and arson 50

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
115

59 female, 56 male

Postcode households
43
Residents per household
2.7
B74 4 residents
11,887

Age bands in B74 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

2,074 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,146 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.5%

2,429 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

3,155 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

3,062 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B74 4 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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • BLACKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    BLACKWOOD ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3PL

    ODS code M91637

    3.3 km

  • SUTTON COLDFIELD GROUP PRACTICE

    233 TAMWORTH ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B75 6DX

    ODS code M85046

    3.4 km

  • THE MANOR PRACTICE

    61 HOLLAND ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B72 1RL

    ODS code M85033

    4.3 km

  • KINGSTANDING CIRCLE SURGERY

    26 ROUGH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0UY

    ODS code M85155

    5.0 km

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    ANCHOR MEADOW, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8AJ

    ODS code M91017

    5.0 km

  • PORTLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ANCHOR MEADOW, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8AJ

    ODS code M91010

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Russell Bank Road

    BCT · Hill Hook

    0.2 miles
  • Russell Bank Road

    BCT · Hill Hook

    0.2 miles
  • Russell Bank Road

    BCT · Four Oaks

    0.2 miles
  • Russell Bank Road

    BCT · Four Oaks

    0.2 miles
  • Hillmorton Road

    BCT · Four Oaks

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 001A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,056 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Property market

The five-year median is £515,000 from 5 recorded sales in B74 4RQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Birmingham is £234,150 in June 2026, up 2.2% year on year.

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 6 secondary schools. Four Oaks Primary School is the nearest published school at 264 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

677 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 211 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.