B94 6DS

Dorridge & Hockley Heath · Solihull · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Solihull
Postcode district
B94
Postcode sector
B94 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B94 6DX 201 m
B90 8AA 279 m
B94 6DR 279 m
B94 6BF 319 m
B90 4SS 528 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B94 6DS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 August 2001
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B94
Postcode sector
B94 6
Latitude
52.377362
Longitude
-1.786944
British National Grid easting
414,600
British National Grid northing
275,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Solihull · E08000029
Parish or community
E04012012
Output area
E00185033
Lower layer super output area
Solihull 029D · E01010183
Middle layer super output area
Solihull 029 · E02002109

Postcode source versions

Explore B94

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
23
Secondary
5
  1. Monkspath Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  2. Cheswick Green Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km
  3. Bentley Heath Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
302
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 98
  • Vehicle crime 40
  • Other theft 36
  • Shoplifting 31
  • Public order 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
B94 6 residents
4,079

Age bands in B94 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

578 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

340 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.8%

692 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

1,062 residents

Age 65 and over
23.5%

819 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • DORRIDGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M89010

    2.4 km

  • ARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M89030

    2.9 km

  • GPS HEALTHCARE

    198 TANWORTH LANE, SHIRLEY, SOLIHULL, B90 4DD

    ODS code M89003

    3.3 km

  • SOLIHULL HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP

    GROVE SURGERY, 3 GROVE ROAD, SOLIHULL, B91 2AG

    ODS code M89017

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Gate Lane

    BCT · Illshaw Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Gate Lane

    BCT · Illshaw Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Fore Business Park

    BCT · Monkspath

    0.3 miles
  • Notcutts

    BCT · Monkspath

    0.4 miles
  • Notcutts

    BCT · Monkspath

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Solihull 029D, 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

22,349 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
7 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

35 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Monkspath Junior and Infant 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

302 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 98 events.

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