Schools
201 open schools are in scope, including 104 primary and 30 secondary schools. Leigh Primary School is the nearest published school at 74 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B8 2XW
Ward End · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Ward End
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Postcode district
- B8
- Postcode sector
- B8 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B8 2XW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1990
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B8
- Postcode sector
- B8 2
- Latitude
- 52.497022
- Longitude
- -1.846762
- British National Grid easting
- 410,500
- British National Grid northing
- 288,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Ward End · E05011183
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North · E14001095
- Output area
- E00047983
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 048B · E01009479
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 048 · E02001874
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 B8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 201
- Primary
- 104
- Secondary
- 30
- 74 m
Leigh Primary School
Academy converter
- 464 m
Highfield Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 478 m
Highfield Junior and Infant School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,933
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,430
- Vehicle crime 459
- Criminal damage and arson 382
- Other theft 338
- Public order 275
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B8 2 residents
- 17,682
Age bands in B8 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 27.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 18.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.4%
4,593 residents
3,013 residents
4,643 residents
2,999 residents
1,220 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
69
within 5 km straight-line
GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RE
ODS code M85170
690 m
AMAANAH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code Y01068
772 m
SALTLEY AND FERNBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
SALTLEY HEALTH CENTRE, CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code M85110
772 m
ALUM ROCK MEDICAL CENTRE
27-29 HIGHFIELD ROAD, SALTLEY, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3QD
ODS code M85149
834 m
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
38 HAVELOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RT
ODS code M85670
852 m
NASEBY MEDICAL CENTRE
NASEBY ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3HE
ODS code M85722
880 m
PEARL MEDICAL CENTRE
619/621 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2HB
ODS code M85803
894 m
ALPHA MEDICAL PRACTICE
ALPHA MP, 38 ALUM ROCK RD, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85139
947 m
PAK HEALTH CENTRE
38 ALUM ROCK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85739
947 m
HAMD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4 CLODESHALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y03597
1.1 km
OAKLEAF
OAKLEAF MEDICAL PRACTICE, 4 CLODESHALL ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y02794
1.1 km
WARD END MEDICAL CENTRE
794A WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2JN
ODS code M85066
1.4 km
THE ST.CLEMENTS SURGERY
56 NECHELLS PARK ROAD, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5PR
ODS code M85053
1.4 km
COTTERILS LANE SURGERY
75-77 COTTERILLS LANE, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3RZ
ODS code M85680
1.7 km
BLOOMSBURY SURGERY
30 BLOOMSBURY STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5BT
ODS code M85732
1.8 km
CHURCH ROAD SURGERY
28 CHURCH ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5UP
ODS code M85697
2.1 km
NECHELLS PRACTICE
BLOOMSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 63 RUPERT STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5DT
ODS code M85759
2.1 km
KINGSBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
273 KINGSBURY ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 8RD
ODS code M85014
2.1 km
BORDESLEY GREEN SURGERY
143-145 BORDESLEY GREEN, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5EG
ODS code M85781
2.3 km
OMNIA PRACTICE
73 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85034
2.4 km
Showing 20 of 69 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Warren Grove
BCT · Washwood Heath
- 0.1 miles
Warren Grove
BCT · Washwood Heath
- 0.2 miles
Wagoners Close
BCT · Washwood Heath
- 0.2 miles
Wright Road
BCT · Washwood Heath
- 0.2 miles
Wright Road
BCT · Washwood Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 048B, 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
728 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
4,933 published events cover 12 months, averaging 411.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,430 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.