# B61 8SX: area report for a postcode in Bromsgrove

B61 8SX is a postcode in Bromsgrove.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Bromsgrove. Open the map at B61 8SX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) › [B61](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b61) › [B61 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b61-8)

## Around this postcode

- **16 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 53% on July. Bromsgrove 010D: 78 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **Bromsgrove, 3.1 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 770 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **No property in B61 8SX listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Bromsgrove 010D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **£335,607 average price**: For the whole of Bromsgrove, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B61 8SX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **Low road and rail noise at B61 8SX**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX
- **12.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Meadows First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/meadows-first-school-e151580) | Primary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | – |
| [Parkside Middle School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkside-middle-school-e116959) | Secondary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Orchards School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-orchards-school-e148386) | Primary | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | – |
| [North Bromsgrove High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/north-bromsgrove-high-school-e149682) | Secondary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023, before the school changed | Attainment 8 of 43.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Lickey End First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lickey-end-first-school-e116661) | Primary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2024 | – |
| [Chadsgrove School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chadsgrove-school-e151583) | Special | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | – |
| [Chadsgrove Educational Trust Specialist College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chadsgrove-educational-trust-specialist-college-e144729) | Special | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Catshill Middle School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/catshill-middle-school-e150518) | Secondary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2022 | 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £340,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| October 2025 | £257,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| July 2026 | £370,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| May 2026 | £290,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| January 2025 | £255,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| August 2026 | £321,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| May 2025 | £235,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| August 2025 | £482,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Bromsgrove Stourbridge Road Local (310 m, Sainsburys); Spar - Bromsgrove (770 m, Spar)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £335,607** (July 2026). Bromsgrove’s average house price was £335,607 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £42,776** (2025). Full-time workers living in Bromsgrove earned a median of £42,776 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 90th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.8×** (2025). A home in Bromsgrove costs 7.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 143rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 11.0** (2025). Bromsgrove has a deprivation score of 11.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 34th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Bromsgrove 010D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 33.1** (2025). Bromsgrove 010D has a deprivation score of 33.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,874th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £312,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bromsgrove 010D was £312,500 in 2025. Joint 14,545th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,000** (2021). Bromsgrove 010D had 2,000 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 5,275th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.1%** (January 2026). In Bromsgrove 010D, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## B61 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £288,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B61 was £288,000 in 2025. Joint 1,058th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 25,999** (2021). B61 had 25,999 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,118th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 59%** (2022). About 59% of people in B61 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.4%** (January 2026). In B61, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove)
- Centre: 52.3469, -2.0649

Council: [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bromsgrove): Bradley Thomas (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.0649,52.3469,B618SX

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