B98 8JY

Greenlands & Lakeside · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B98 8LF 74 m
B98 8LJ 148 m
B98 8PL 196 m
B98 8LQ 200 m
B98 8LE 218 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B98 8JY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B98
Postcode sector
B98 8
Latitude
52.304033
Longitude
-1.921149
British National Grid easting
405,473
British National Grid northing
267,325

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
E00164558
Lower layer super output area
Redditch 007B · E01032263
Middle layer super output area
Redditch 007 · E02006727

Postcode source versions

Explore B98

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
83, Arthur Street, Lakeside, Redditch, B98 8JY 20 April 2026 £400,000
72, Arthur Street, Lakeside, Redditch, B98 8JY 8 January 2025 £695,000
82, Arthur Street, Redditch, B98 8JY 31 August 2023 £750,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
23
Secondary
11
  1. St Bede's Catholic Middle School

    Academy converter

    446 m
  2. St George's CofE First School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    558 m
  3. Woodfield Academy

    Academy converter

    804 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,818
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,226
  • Anti social behaviour 286
  • Shoplifting 277
  • Public order 213
  • Criminal damage and arson 193

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
B98 8 residents
8,704

Age bands in B98 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

1,621 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

969 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.3%

2,430 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.9%

2,054 residents

Age 65 and over
17.6%

1,511 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+
98.2%
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
98.2%
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

  • ELGAR HOUSE

    CHURCH ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4AB

    ODS code M81002

    1.5 km

  • THE DOW SURGERY

    WILLIAM STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AJ

    ODS code M81020

    1.5 km

  • ST STEPHEN'S MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code M81001

    1.6 km

  • WINYATES HEALTH CENTRE

    WINYATES CENTRE, WINYATES WAY, REDDITCH, B98 0NR

    ODS code M81019

    1.8 km

  • HILLVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    60 BROMSGROVE ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4RN

    ODS code M81041

    2.1 km

  • THE BRIDGE SURGERY

    8 EVESHAM ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4LA

    ODS code M81092

    2.1 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

  • POOL MEDICAL CENTRE

    POOL ROAD, STUDLEY, B80 7QU

    ODS code M84002

    4.1 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

  • Lakeside

    BCT · Lakeside

    0.1 miles
  • Lakeside

    BCT · Lakeside

    0.1 miles
  • Arthur Street

    BCT · Lakeside

    0.2 miles
  • Arthur Street

    BCT · Lakeside

    0.2 miles
  • Sillins Avenue

    BCT · Lakeside

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redditch 007B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,219 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
9 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.

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
3
Medium risk addresses
4
Low risk addresses
2
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 £695,000 from 3 recorded sales in B98 8JY. 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

40 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 11 secondary schools. St Bede's Catholic Middle School is the nearest published school at 446 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,818 published events cover 12 months, averaging 234.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,226 events.

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