B78 2LY

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 2LA 18 m
B78 2LQ 54 m
B78 2HY 89 m
B78 2LD 121 m
B78 2JE 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B78 2LY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1995
Terminated
1 October 2000
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B78
Postcode sector
B78 2
Latitude
52.566686
Longitude
-1.679821
British National Grid easting
421,799
British National Grid northing
296,586

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
E00158206
Lower layer super output area
North Warwickshire 004D · E01031034
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
9
Primary
7
Secondary
2
  1. Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    234 m
  2. Kingsbury Primary School

    Community school

    318 m
  3. Wood End Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
185
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 58
  • Anti social behaviour 43
  • Criminal damage and arson 18
  • Public order 16
  • Vehicle crime 16

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

    332 m

Nearby transport

  • Kingsbury School

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.1 miles
  • White Swan

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.1 miles
  • Barlow Court

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.1 miles
  • Barlow Court

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.1 miles
  • White Swan

    BCT · Kingsbury

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Warwickshire 004D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,022 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy is the nearest published school at 234 m.

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

Recorded crime

185 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 58 events.

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