B93 8SD

Dorridge & Hockley Heath · Solihull · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Solihull
Postcode district
B93
Postcode sector
B93 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B93 8PP 58 m
B93 8PL 77 m
B93 8BJ 149 m
B93 8PN 323 m
B93 8BH 333 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B93 8SD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B93
Postcode sector
B93 8
Latitude
52.368275
Longitude
-1.738520
British National Grid easting
417,900
British National Grid northing
274,500

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

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

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

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. Arden

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
258
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 105
  • Shoplifting 31
  • Vehicle crime 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Burglary 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • 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

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • 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
  • Widney Road

    BCT · Dorridge

    0.8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Dorridge Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

258 published events cover 12 months, averaging 21.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 105 events.

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