Schools
210 open schools are in scope, including 111 primary and 27 secondary schools. Saltley Academy is the nearest published school at 367 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B8 3XA
Alum Rock · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Alum Rock
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B8
- Postcode sector
- B8 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B8 3XA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1981
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B8
- Postcode sector
- B8 3
- Latitude
- 52.487115
- Longitude
- -1.833542
- British National Grid easting
- 411,400
- British National Grid northing
- 287,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Alum Rock · E05011120
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00048041
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 055E · E01009492
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 055 · E02001881
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
- 210
- Primary
- 111
- Secondary
- 27
- 367 m
Saltley Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 541 m
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East
Free schools
- 561 m
Thornton Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,386
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,632
- Criminal damage and arson 569
- Vehicle crime 568
- Public order 491
- Other theft 434
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B8 3 residents
- 16,974
Age bands in B8 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 27.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 19.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 17.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.6%
4,837 residents
3,393 residents
4,943 residents
3,032 residents
1,334 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
71
within 5 km straight-line
COTTERILS LANE SURGERY
75-77 COTTERILLS LANE, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3RZ
ODS code M85680
362 m
PEARL MEDICAL CENTRE
619/621 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2HB
ODS code M85803
751 m
NASEBY MEDICAL CENTRE
NASEBY ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3HE
ODS code M85722
808 m
WARD END MEDICAL CENTRE
794A WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2JN
ODS code M85066
827 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
ALUM ROCK MEDICAL CENTRE
27-29 HIGHFIELD ROAD, SALTLEY, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3QD
ODS code M85149
1.2 km
AMAANAH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code Y01068
1.3 km
SALTLEY AND FERNBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
SALTLEY HEALTH CENTRE, CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code M85110
1.3 km
OMNIA PRACTICE
73 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85034
1.3 km
YARDLEY GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE
77 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85061
1.3 km
IRIDIUM MEDICAL PRACTICE
299 BORDESLEY GREEN EAST, STECHFORD, BIRMINGHAM, B33 8TA
ODS code Y02893
1.5 km
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
38 HAVELOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RT
ODS code M85670
1.6 km
ALPHA MEDICAL PRACTICE
ALPHA MP, 38 ALUM ROCK RD, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85139
1.6 km
PAK HEALTH CENTRE
38 ALUM ROCK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85739
1.6 km
GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RE
ODS code M85170
1.7 km
BORDESLEY GREEN SURGERY
143-145 BORDESLEY GREEN, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5EG
ODS code M85781
1.9 km
CHARLES ROAD SURGERY
192 CHARLES ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 9AB
ODS code M85679
2.0 km
AUBREY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
726-728 COVENTRY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0TU
ODS code M85749
2.5 km
SMALL HEATH MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 GREAT WOOD ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 9QE
ODS code M85108
2.5 km
Showing 20 of 71 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Sandbourne Road
BCT · Alum Rock
- 0.1 miles
Sandbourne Road
BCT · Alum Rock
- 0.1 miles
Jephcott Road
BCT · Alum Rock
- 0.1 miles
Alum Rock Road
BCT · Alum Rock
- 0.1 miles
Jephcott Road
BCT · Alum Rock
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 055E, 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
788 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
7,386 published events cover 12 months, averaging 615.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,632 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.