Schools
41 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 12 secondary schools. Kingfisher School is the nearest published school at 509 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B98 0DF
Matchborough & Woodrow · Redditch · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B98 0DF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1994
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B98
- Postcode sector
- B98 0
- Latitude
- 52.287610
- Longitude
- -1.900258
- British National Grid easting
- 406,900
- British National Grid northing
- 265,500
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
- E00164577
- Lower layer super output area
- Redditch 009B · E01032265
- Middle layer super output area
- Redditch 009 · E02006729
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 B98
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 41
- Primary
- 23
- Secondary
- 12
- 509 m
Kingfisher School
Academy special sponsor led
- 762 m
Matchborough First School Academy
Academy converter
- 859 m
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,287
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 523
- Anti social behaviour 148
- Shoplifting 130
- Criminal damage and arson 116
- Other theft 95
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B98 0 residents
- 14,350
Age bands in B98 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.7%
2,512 residents
1,377 residents
3,963 residents
3,537 residents
2,971 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
10
within 5 km straight-line
WINYATES HEALTH CENTRE
WINYATES CENTRE, WINYATES WAY, REDDITCH, B98 0NR
ODS code M81019
1.8 km
POOL MEDICAL CENTRE
POOL ROAD, STUDLEY, B80 7QU
ODS code M84002
1.9 km
CRABBS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MEDICAL CENTRE, 39 KENILWORTH CLOSE, CRABBS CROSS, REDDITCH, B97 5JX
ODS code M81616
3.0 km
CRABBS CROSS SURGERY
1 KENILWORTH CLOSE, CRABBS CROSS, REDDITCH, B97 5JX
ODS code M81617
3.0 km
THE BRIDGE SURGERY
8 EVESHAM ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4LA
ODS code M81092
3.2 km
THE DOW SURGERY
WILLIAM STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AJ
ODS code M81020
3.6 km
ELGAR HOUSE
CHURCH ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4AB
ODS code M81002
3.6 km
ST STEPHEN'S MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
ST. STEPHENS SURGERY, ADELAIDE STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AL
ODS code M81001
3.7 km
HILLVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
60 BROMSGROVE ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4RN
ODS code M81041
4.0 km
THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY
6-8 FECKENHAM ROAD, ASTWOOD BANK, REDDITCH, B96 6DS
ODS code M81077
4.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
BKL Factory
BCT · Washford
- 0.2 miles
BKL Factory
BCT · Washford
- 0.2 miles
Breaches Lane
BCT · Washford
- 0.2 miles
Washford Business Park
BCT · Washford
- 0.2 miles
Washford Business Park
BCT · Washford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redditch 009B, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,507 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 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
Recorded crime
1,287 published events cover 12 months, averaging 107.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 523 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.