B78 2HZ

Kingsbury · North Warwickshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Warwickshire
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B78 2JZ 194 m
B78 2JY 237 m
B78 2JT 268 m
B78 2JU 274 m
B78 2JS 317 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B78 2HZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
1 April 2023
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 2
Latitude
52.573754
Longitude
-1.687369
British National Grid easting
421,284
British National Grid northing
297,370

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
North Warwickshire · E07000218
Electoral ward
Kingsbury · E05007469
Parish or community
E04009644
Output area
E00158212
Lower layer super output area
North Warwickshire 004C · E01031033
Middle layer super output area
North Warwickshire 004 · E02006471

Postcode source versions

Explore B78

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
13
Secondary
3
  1. Kingsbury Primary School

    Community school

    698 m
  2. Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    872 m
  3. Dosthill Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
187
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 61
  • Anti social behaviour 41
  • Criminal damage and arson 19
  • Public order 16
  • Vehicle crime 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
B78 2 residents
4,562

Age bands in B78 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

747 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

512 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

1,107 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

1,454 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

1,152 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • PEAR TREE SURGERY

    28 MEADOW CLOSE, KINGSBURY, TAMWORTH, B78 2NR

    ODS code M84006

    1.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Manor Farm

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.2 miles
  • Manor Farm

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.3 miles
  • Ralph Crescent

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.3 miles
  • Ralph Crescent

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.4 miles
  • Barlow Court

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Warwickshire 004C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,454 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

Schools

16 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Kingsbury Primary School is the nearest published school at 698 m.

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

Recorded crime

187 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 61 events.

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