Schools
38 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 11 secondary schools. Crabbs Cross Academy is the nearest published school at 618 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B97 5YE
Webheath & Callow Hill · Redditch · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B97 5YE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B97
- Postcode sector
- B97 5
- Latitude
- 52.279711
- Longitude
- -1.950918
- British National Grid easting
- 403,445
- British National Grid northing
- 264,618
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Redditch · E07000236
- Electoral ward
- Webheath & Callow Hill · E05015622
- Parish or community
- E43000152
- Westminster constituency
- Redditch · E14001441
- Output area
- E00164482
- Lower layer super output area
- Redditch 012D · E01032249
- Middle layer super output area
- Redditch 012 · E02006732
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 B97
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 38
- Primary
- 21
- Secondary
- 11
- 618 m
Crabbs Cross Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 676 m
St Augustine's Catholic High School
Academy converter
- 956 m
The Vaynor First School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 816
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 360
- Shoplifting 85
- Anti social behaviour 83
- Criminal damage and arson 81
- Other theft 52
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B97 5 residents
- 16,989
Age bands in B97 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.2%
2,665 residents
1,577 residents
3,952 residents
4,840 residents
3,711 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.
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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
10
within 5 km
CRABBS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MEDICAL CENTRE, 39 KENILWORTH CLOSE, CRABBS CROSS, REDDITCH, B97 5JX
ODS code M81616
527 m
CRABBS CROSS SURGERY
1 KENILWORTH CLOSE, CRABBS CROSS, REDDITCH, B97 5JX
ODS code M81617
527 m
THE BRIDGE SURGERY
8 EVESHAM ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4LA
ODS code M81092
1.6 km
THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY
6-8 FECKENHAM ROAD, ASTWOOD BANK, REDDITCH, B96 6DS
ODS code M81077
2.3 km
HILLVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
60 BROMSGROVE ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4RN
ODS code M81041
2.9 km
THE DOW SURGERY
WILLIAM STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AJ
ODS code M81020
3.1 km
ST STEPHEN'S MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
ST. STEPHENS SURGERY, ADELAIDE STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AL
ODS code M81001
3.2 km
ELGAR HOUSE
CHURCH ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4AB
ODS code M81002
3.2 km
POOL MEDICAL CENTRE
POOL ROAD, STUDLEY, B80 7QU
ODS code M84002
3.8 km
WINYATES HEALTH CENTRE
WINYATES CENTRE, WINYATES WAY, REDDITCH, B98 0NR
ODS code M81019
4.7 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
- 0.0 miles
Avonbank Close
BCT · Walkwood
- 0.0 miles
Avonbank Close
BCT · Walkwood
- 0.0 miles
Boultons Lane
BCT · Walkwood
- 0.1 miles
Boultons Lane
BCT · Walkwood
- 0.1 miles
Little Acre
BCT · Crabbs Cross
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redditch 012D, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,244 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
Recorded crime
816 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 360 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.