Schools
41 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 12 secondary schools. Crabbs Cross Academy is the nearest published school at 725 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B98 7ZL
Headless Cross & Oakenshaw · Redditch · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B98 7ZL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2004
- Terminated
- 1 June 2005
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B98
- Postcode sector
- B98 7
- Latitude
- 52.277365
- Longitude
- -1.933230
- British National Grid easting
- 404,652
- British National Grid northing
- 264,358
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Redditch · E07000236
- Electoral ward
- Headless Cross & Oakenshaw · E05015619
- Parish or community
- E43000152
- Westminster constituency
- Redditch · E14001441
- Output area
- E00164546
- Lower layer super output area
- Redditch 011B · E01032257
- Middle layer super output area
- Redditch 011 · E02006731
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
- 725 m
Crabbs Cross Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 782 m
St Augustine's Catholic High School
Academy converter
- 1.3 km
Woodrow First School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,228
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 541
- Shoplifting 135
- Criminal damage and arson 112
- Anti social behaviour 110
- Other theft 87
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B98 7 residents
- 20,258
Age bands in B98 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 15.7%
3,955 residents
2,300 residents
5,838 residents
4,728 residents
3,139 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
CRABBS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MEDICAL CENTRE, 39 KENILWORTH CLOSE, CRABBS CROSS, REDDITCH, B97 5JX
ODS code M81616
845 m
CRABBS CROSS SURGERY
1 KENILWORTH CLOSE, CRABBS CROSS, REDDITCH, B97 5JX
ODS code M81617
845 m
THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY
6-8 FECKENHAM ROAD, ASTWOOD BANK, REDDITCH, B96 6DS
ODS code M81077
1.9 km
THE BRIDGE SURGERY
8 EVESHAM ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4LA
ODS code M81092
2.0 km
POOL MEDICAL CENTRE
POOL ROAD, STUDLEY, B80 7QU
ODS code M84002
2.6 km
HILLVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
60 BROMSGROVE ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4RN
ODS code M81041
3.4 km
THE DOW SURGERY
WILLIAM STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AJ
ODS code M81020
3.4 km
ST STEPHEN'S MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
ST. STEPHENS SURGERY, ADELAIDE STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AL
ODS code M81001
3.4 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
3.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Welford Close
BCT · Oakenshaw
- 0.1 miles
Welford Close
BCT · Oakenshaw
- 0.1 miles
Rockford Close
BCT · Oakenshaw
- 0.2 miles
Rockford Close
BCT · Oakenshaw
- 0.2 miles
Rough Hill Drive
BCT · Oakenshaw
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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,228 published events cover 12 months, averaging 102.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 541 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.