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B98 9AR

Alvechurch South · Bromsgrove · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Redditch
Ward
Alvechurch South
Local authority
Bromsgrove
Constituency
Bromsgrove
Postcode district
B98
Postcode sector
B98 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B98 9AS 286 m
B98 9LS 331 m
B98 9LT 376 m
B98 9LJ 413 m
B98 9NG 446 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B98 9AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B98
Postcode sector
B98 9
Latitude
52.323645
Longitude
-1.902759
British National Grid easting
406,724
British National Grid northing
269,508

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Bromsgrove · E07000234
Electoral ward
Alvechurch South · E05009823
Parish or community
E04010266
Westminster constituency
Bromsgrove · E14001138
Output area
E00163861
Lower layer super output area
Bromsgrove 009B · E01032123
Middle layer super output area
Bromsgrove 009 · E02006704

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
St Leonards Vicarage, Church Hill, Beoley, Redditch, B98 9AR 1 June 2022 £661,000
Church Hill Farm, Church Hill, Beoley, Redditch, B98 9AR 5 October 2006 £799,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
16
Secondary
8

  1. Beoley First School

    Academy converter

    480 m

  2. Abbeywood First School

    Academy converter

    701 m

  3. Church Hill Middle School

    Academy converter

    713 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
689
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 338
  • Anti social behaviour 77
  • Criminal damage and arson 68
  • Other theft 47
  • Vehicle crime 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

8 female, 5 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.2
B98 9 residents
6,985

Age bands in B98 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

1,213 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

699 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.7%

1,808 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.6%

1,599 residents

Age 65 and over
21.5%

1,456 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B98 9 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+
88.9%
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
88.9%
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

7

within 5 km

  • WINYATES HEALTH CENTRE

    WINYATES CENTRE, WINYATES WAY, REDDITCH, B98 0NR

    ODS code M81019

    2.3 km

  • ELGAR HOUSE

    CHURCH ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4AB

    ODS code M81002

    3.2 km

  • THE DOW SURGERY

    WILLIAM STREET, REDDITCH, B97 4AJ

    ODS code M81020

    3.3 km

  • ST STEPHEN'S MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code M81001

    3.3 km

  • HILLVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    60 BROMSGROVE ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4RN

    ODS code M81041

    3.9 km

  • THE BRIDGE SURGERY

    8 EVESHAM ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4LA

    ODS code M81092

    4.5 km

  • TANWORTH-IN-ARDEN MED CTR

    THE BIRCHES, BROAD LANE, TANWORTH-IN-ARDEN, SOLIHULL, B94 5DP

    ODS code M84047

    4.8 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

  • Wood Piece Lane

    BCT · Church Hill

    0.2 miles

  • Home Meadow Lane

    BCT · Church Hill

    0.3 miles

  • Beoley First School

    BCT · Beoley

    0.3 miles

  • Icknield Street

    BCT · Church Hill

    0.3 miles

  • Tanhouse Lane

    BCT · Church Hill

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bromsgrove 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,620 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
1 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
0
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 £661,000 from 1 recorded sale in B98 9AR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Bromsgrove is £339,163 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 8 secondary schools. Beoley First School is the nearest published school at 480 m.

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

Recorded crime

689 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 338 events.

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