B93 8PP

Dorridge & Hockley Heath · Solihull · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Solihull
Local authority
Solihull
Postcode district
B93
Postcode sector
B93 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B93 8PL 133 m
B93 8BJ 184 m
B93 8PN 265 m
B93 8PW 318 m
B93 8BH 361 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B93 8PP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B93
Postcode sector
B93 8
Latitude
52.367772
Longitude
-1.738728
British National Grid easting
417,886
British National Grid northing
274,444

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Solihull · E08000029
Parish or community
E43000265
Output area
E00051328
Lower layer super output area
Solihull 026C · E01010153
Middle layer super output area
Solihull 026 · E02002106

Postcode source versions

Explore B93

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Darley Green Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 8PP 28 January 2025 £1,140,000
11, Darley Green Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 8PP 18 November 2022 £550,000
25, Darley Green Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 8PP 5 October 2009 £460,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Dorridge Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  2. St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  3. Arden

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
256
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 104
  • Shoplifting 31
  • Vehicle crime 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Burglary 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

13 female, 13 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
3.3
B93 8 residents
8,095

Age bands in B93 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

1,502 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

801 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.9%

1,486 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,276 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

1,818 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B93 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • DORRIDGE SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 3 AVENUE ROAD, DORRIDGE, SOLIHULL, B93 8LH

    ODS code M89010

    1.1 km

  • ARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOWNING CLOSE, STATION ROAD, KNOWLE, SOLIHULL, B93 0QA

    ODS code M89030

    1.4 km

  • LAPWORTH SURGERY

    OLD WARWICK ROAD, LAPWORTH, SOLIHULL, B94 6LH

    ODS code M84620

    3.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Dorridge Rail Station

    RLY · Dorridge

    0.7 miles
  • Norton Green Lane

    BCT · Knowle

    0.7 miles
  • Norton Green Lane

    BCT · Knowle

    0.7 miles
  • St Theresa Church

    BCT · Dorridge

    0.7 miles
  • St Theresa Church

    BCT · Dorridge

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Solihull 026C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,951 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Property market

The five-year median is £845,000 from 2 recorded sales in B93 8PP. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Solihull is £334,966 in June 2026, up 4.2% year on year.

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Dorridge Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

256 published events cover 12 months, averaging 21.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 104 events.

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