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B79 9ED

Whittington & Streethay · Lichfield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Whittington & Streethay
Local authority
Lichfield
Constituency
Tamworth
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B79 9EA 109 m
B79 9DZ 114 m
B79 9EY 136 m
B79 9DU 252 m
B79 9DX 255 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B79 9ED
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B79
Postcode sector
B79 9
Latitude
52.654047
Longitude
-1.692474
British National Grid easting
420,900
British National Grid northing
306,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Lichfield · E07000194
Electoral ward
Whittington & Streethay · E05010672
Parish or community
E04008942
Westminster constituency
Tamworth · E14001538
Output area
E00180671
Lower layer super output area
Lichfield 008B · E01029517
Middle layer super output area
Lichfield 008 · E02006153

Postcode source versions

Explore B79

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
28
Secondary
4

  1. St Leonard's CofE (A) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    217 m

  2. Lift Rawlett

    Academy converter

    764 m

  3. Ashcroft Infants' School

    Community school

    873 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
714
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 371
  • Anti social behaviour 92
  • Public order 57
  • Vehicle crime 45
  • Other theft 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
B79 9 residents
2,240

Age bands in B79 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

303 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

196 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.6%

406 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.3%

706 residents

Age 65 and over
26.4%

577 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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE ALDERGATE MED.PRACT.

    THE MOUNT, 10 SALTERS LANE, TAMWORTH, B79 8BH

    ODS code M83032

    1.7 km

  • CROWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TAMWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER GUNGATE, TAMWORTH, B79 7EA

    ODS code M83117

    1.9 km

  • HOLLIES PRACTICE

    TAMWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER GUNGATE, TAMWORTH, B79 7EA

    ODS code M83088

    1.9 km

  • LAUREL HOUSE SURGERY

    12 ALBERT ROAD, TAMWORTH, B79 7JN

    ODS code M83062

    1.9 km

  • THE PEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, THE PEEL PRACTICE, 2 ALDERGATE, TAMWORTH, B79 7DJ

    ODS code M83148

    2.2 km

  • RIVERSIDE SURGERY

    41-42 BALFOUR, TAMWORTH, B79 7BH

    ODS code M83111

    2.5 km

  • TRI-LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TRI-LINKS, 130 TAMWORTH ROAD, AMINGTON, TAMWORTH, B77 3BZ

    ODS code M83693

    2.9 km

  • HEATHVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CALEDONIAN, TAMWORTH, B77 2ED

    ODS code M83110

    4.1 km

  • DR KHARE'S SURGERY

    STONEYDELPH MEDICAL CTR, ELLERBECK, STONYDELPH, TAMWORTH, B77 4JA

    ODS code M83113

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Lyneham Close

    BCT · Perry Crofts

    0.3 miles

  • Hill Top Avenue

    BCT · Perry Crofts

    0.4 miles

  • Wigginton Road

    BCT · Gillway

    0.4 miles

  • Hawthorne Avenue

    BCT · Gillway

    0.4 miles

  • Beech Road

    BCT · Gillway

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lichfield 008B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,436 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 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

37 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Leonard's CofE (A) Primary School is the nearest published school at 217 m.

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

Recorded crime

714 published events cover 12 months, averaging 59.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 371 events.

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