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B98 9HD

North · Redditch · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
North
Local authority
Redditch
Constituency
Redditch
Postcode district
B98
Postcode sector
B98 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B98 9HE 146 m
B98 9HF 154 m
B98 9PJ 208 m
B98 9JH 217 m
B98 9NH 233 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B98 9HD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B98
Postcode sector
B98 9
Latitude
52.314434
Longitude
-1.896647
British National Grid easting
407,142
British National Grid northing
268,484

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Redditch · E07000236
Electoral ward
North · E05015621
Parish or community
E43000152
Westminster constituency
Redditch · E14001441
Output area
E00164458
Lower layer super output area
Redditch 002B · E01032241
Middle layer super output area
Redditch 002 · E02006722

Postcode source versions

Explore B98

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
20
Secondary
9

  1. Church Hill Middle School

    Academy converter

    565 m

  2. Abbeywood First School

    Academy converter

    606 m

  3. Moons Moat First School

    Community school

    666 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,449
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 600
  • Shoplifting 164
  • Anti social behaviour 153
  • Criminal damage and arson 124
  • Other theft 91

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • WINYATES HEALTH CENTRE

    WINYATES CENTRE, WINYATES WAY, REDDITCH, B98 0NR

    ODS code M81019

    1.2 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

    3.2 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

    3.8 km

  • THE BRIDGE SURGERY

    8 EVESHAM ROAD, REDDITCH, B97 4LA

    ODS code M81092

    4.1 km

  • POOL MEDICAL CENTRE

    POOL ROAD, STUDLEY, B80 7QU

    ODS code M84002

    4.9 km

  • CRABBS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M81616

    4.9 km

  • CRABBS CROSS SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81617

    4.9 km

  • TANWORTH-IN-ARDEN MED CTR

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

    ODS code M84047

    5.0 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

  • Eagle Road

    BCT · Church Hill

    0.0 miles

  • Eagle Road

    BCT · Church Hill

    0.1 miles

  • North Moons Moat

    BCT · Moons Moat

    0.2 miles

  • North Moons Moat

    BCT · Moons Moat

    0.2 miles

  • Loxley Close

    BCT · Church Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redditch 002B, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,054 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
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

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 9 secondary schools. Church Hill Middle School is the nearest published school at 565 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,449 published events cover 12 months, averaging 120.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 600 events.

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