B96 6AY

Astwood Bank & Feckenham · Redditch · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Redditch
Local authority
Redditch
Constituency
Redditch
Postcode district
B96
Postcode sector
B96 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B96 6BD 50 m
B96 6AZ 183 m
B96 6DW 197 m
B96 6AW 223 m
B96 6FD 245 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B96 6AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B96
Postcode sector
B96 6
Latitude
52.253803
Longitude
-1.936634
British National Grid easting
404,422
British National Grid northing
261,737

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Redditch · E07000236
Parish or community
E43000152
Westminster constituency
Redditch · E14001441
Output area
E00164401
Lower layer super output area
Redditch 013D · E01032231
Middle layer super output area
Redditch 013 · E02006733

Postcode source versions

Explore B96

38 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1285, Evesham Road, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6AY 30 May 2025 £505,000
1325, Evesham Road, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6AY 10 February 2025 £400,000
1331, Evesham Road, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6AY 4 March 2024 £366,250

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
13
Secondary
6
  1. Ridgeway Secondary School

    Academy converter

    178 m
  2. Astwood Bank Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  3. St Augustine's Catholic High School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
105
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 40
  • Shoplifting 19
  • Burglary 8
  • Other theft 8
  • Anti social behaviour 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
71

37 female, 34 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
2.3
B96 6 residents
5,290

Age bands in B96 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

760 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

508 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

1,060 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.2%

1,729 residents

Age 65 and over
26.8%

1,488 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B96 6 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+
97%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
97%
Gigabit-capable
97%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
36.4%

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

5

within 5 km

  • THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY

    6-8 FECKENHAM ROAD, ASTWOOD BANK, REDDITCH, B96 6DS

    ODS code M81077

    748 m

  • CRABBS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE MEDICAL CENTRE, 39 KENILWORTH CLOSE, CRABBS CROSS, REDDITCH, B97 5JX

    ODS code M81616

    3.1 km

  • CRABBS CROSS SURGERY

    1 KENILWORTH CLOSE, CRABBS CROSS, REDDITCH, B97 5JX

    ODS code M81617

    3.1 km

  • POOL MEDICAL CENTRE

    POOL ROAD, STUDLEY, B80 7QU

    ODS code M84002

    3.3 km

  • THE BRIDGE SURGERY

    8 EVESHAM ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4LA

    ODS code M81092

    4.5 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Ridgeway Middle School

    BCT · Astwood Bank

    0.1 miles
  • Edgioake Lane

    BCT · Astwood Bank

    0.1 miles
  • Edgioake Lane

    BCT · Astwood Bank

    0.1 miles
  • The Bell Inn

    BCT · Astwood Bank

    0.2 miles
  • Avenue Road

    BCT · Astwood Bank

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redditch 013D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,608 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £400,000 from 7 recorded sales in B96 6AY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Redditch is £243,843 in June 2026, down 0.5% year on year.

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 6 secondary schools. Ridgeway Secondary School is the nearest published school at 178 m.

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

Recorded crime

105 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 40 events.

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