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B98 0BL

Matchborough & Woodrow · Redditch · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Redditch
Ward
Matchborough & Woodrow
Local authority
Redditch
Constituency
Redditch
Postcode district
B98
Postcode sector
B98 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B98 0AS 104 m
B98 0AT 172 m
B98 0TR 173 m
B98 0AY 181 m
B98 0BP 181 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B98 0BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B98
Postcode sector
B98 0
Latitude
52.297817
Longitude
-1.884339
British National Grid easting
407,984
British National Grid northing
266,637

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Redditch · E07000236
Electoral ward
Matchborough & Woodrow · E05015620
Parish or community
E43000152
Westminster constituency
Redditch · E14001441
Output area
E00164582
Lower layer super output area
Redditch 009D · E01032268
Middle layer super output area
Redditch 009 · E02006729

Postcode source versions

Explore B98

Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5a, Norton Close, Matchborough, Redditch, B98 0BL 19 January 2024 £510,000
9, Norton Close, Matchborough, Redditch, B98 0BL 23 May 2019 £245,000
2, Norton Close, Matchborough, Redditch, B98 0BL 3 December 2013 £170,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
19
Secondary
11

  1. Your Ideas School

    Other independent special school

    450 m

  2. Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    587 m

  3. Tenacres First School

    Community school

    647 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,180
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 434
  • Shoplifting 181
  • Anti social behaviour 125
  • Criminal damage and arson 100
  • Other theft 76

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

13 female, 15 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.5
B98 0 residents
14,350

Age bands in B98 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

2,512 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

1,377 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.6%

3,963 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.6%

3,537 residents

Age 65 and over
20.7%

2,971 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B98 0 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

9

within 5 km

  • WINYATES HEALTH CENTRE

    WINYATES CENTRE, WINYATES WAY, REDDITCH, B98 0NR

    ODS code M81019

    929 m

  • POOL MEDICAL CENTRE

    POOL ROAD, STUDLEY, B80 7QU

    ODS code M84002

    3.1 km

  • ELGAR HOUSE

    CHURCH ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4AB

    ODS code M81002

    4.1 km

  • THE DOW SURGERY

    WILLIAM STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AJ

    ODS code M81020

    4.1 km

  • ST STEPHEN'S MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    ST. STEPHENS SURGERY, ADELAIDE STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AL

    ODS code M81001

    4.2 km

  • THE BRIDGE SURGERY

    8 EVESHAM ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4LA

    ODS code M81092

    4.3 km

  • CRABBS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M81616

    4.4 km

  • CRABBS CROSS SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81617

    4.4 km

  • HILLVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    60 BROMSGROVE ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4RN

    ODS code M81041

    4.6 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

  • Munsley Close

    BCT · Matchborough

    0.1 miles

  • Ardens Close

    BCT · Winyates Green

    0.2 miles

  • Ledbury Close

    BCT · Matchborough

    0.2 miles

  • Dog

    BCT · Mappleborough Green

    0.2 miles

  • Costers Lane

    BCT · Winyates Green

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redditch 009D, 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

30,469 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
9 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
3
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 £510,000 from 1 recorded sale in B98 0BL. 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

35 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 11 secondary schools. Your Ideas School is the nearest published school at 450 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,180 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 434 events.

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