B50
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bidford-on-Avon and Broom, in Stratford-on-Avon.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an B50 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B50, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B50 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B50 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B50 at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B50.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (170), anti-social behaviour (104) and other crime (69).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B50 was 51.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in B50, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B50 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B50
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford-on-Avon 012B | 2,486 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon 012C | 2,070 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Stratford-on-Avon 012D | 2,424 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% |
MPs for B50
- Manuela PerteghellaLiberal DemocratMP for Stratford-on-Avon98% of B50’s postcodes
- Nigel HuddlestonConservativeMP for Droitwich and Evesham1.9% of B50’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in B501
Postcode sectors in B501
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Postcode districts next to B503
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B50 in brief
B50 is a postcode district covering Bidford-on-Avon and Broom, in Stratford-on-Avon.
About 7,734 people lived in B50 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £345,000 in 2025 across 91 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B50 was £345,000 in 2025.
B50 had 7,060 usual residents at the census.
In B50, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B50, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.