B98 7YL

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw · 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
B98
Postcode sector
B98 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B98 7SZ 133 m
B98 7YQ 192 m
B98 7YP 195 m
B98 7YW 242 m
B98 7YZ 261 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B98 7YL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B98
Postcode sector
B98 7
Latitude
52.277264
Longitude
-1.929404
British National Grid easting
404,913
British National Grid northing
264,347

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
E00164547
Lower layer super output area
Redditch 011B · E01032257
Middle layer super output area
Redditch 011 · E02006731

Postcode source versions

Explore B98

74 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Rockford Close, Redditch, B98 7YL 24 April 2026 £332,500
34, Rockford Close, Redditch, B98 7YL 5 December 2025 £382,500
22, Rockford Close, Redditch, B98 7YL 10 October 2025 £280,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
41
Primary
23
Secondary
12
  1. Crabbs Cross Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    959 m
  2. St Augustine's Catholic High School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km
  3. Woodrow First School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,291
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 569
  • Criminal damage and arson 120
  • Shoplifting 117
  • Anti social behaviour 117
  • Other theft 92

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
121

59 female, 62 male

Postcode households
50
Residents per household
2.4
B98 7 residents
20,258

Age bands in B98 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

3,955 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.5%

2,300 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.2%

5,838 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.7%

4,728 residents

Age 65 and over
15.7%

3,139 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B98 7 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

10

within 5 km

  • CRABBS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M81616

    1.1 km

  • CRABBS CROSS SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81617

    1.1 km

  • THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81077

    2.0 km

  • THE BRIDGE SURGERY

    8 EVESHAM ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4LA

    ODS code M81092

    2.1 km

  • POOL MEDICAL CENTRE

    POOL ROAD, STUDLEY, B80 7QU

    ODS code M84002

    2.3 km

  • THE DOW SURGERY

    WILLIAM STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AJ

    ODS code M81020

    3.5 km

  • HILLVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    60 BROMSGROVE ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4RN

    ODS code M81041

    3.5 km

  • ST STEPHEN'S MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code M81001

    3.5 km

  • ELGAR HOUSE

    CHURCH ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4AB

    ODS code M81002

    3.5 km

  • WINYATES HEALTH CENTRE

    WINYATES CENTRE, WINYATES WAY, REDDITCH, B98 0NR

    ODS code M81019

    3.8 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

  • Rockford Close

    BCT · Oakenshaw

    0.1 miles
  • Rockford Close

    BCT · Oakenshaw

    0.1 miles
  • Newton Close

    BCT · Oakenshaw

    0.2 miles
  • Newton Close

    BCT · Oakenshaw

    0.2 miles
  • Welford Close

    BCT · Oakenshaw

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redditch 011B, 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

29,979 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
7 of 10
Living environment
10 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
1
Low risk addresses
4
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 £352,500 from 8 recorded sales in B98 7YL. 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

41 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 12 secondary schools. Crabbs Cross Academy is the nearest published school at 959 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,291 published events cover 12 months, averaging 107.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 569 events.

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