# B97 5HJ: area report for a postcode in Redditch

B97 5HJ is a postcode in Redditch.

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 Redditch. Open the map at B97 5HJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch) › [B97](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b97) › [B97 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b97-5)

## Around this postcode

- **20 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 26% on July. Redditch 012A: 7 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **Redditch, 2.3 km**: About 29 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **No property in B97 5HJ 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=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Redditch 012A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **£245,573 average price**: For the whole of Redditch, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 430 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 620 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B97 5HJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **Low road and rail noise at B97 5HJ**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ
- **9.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Crabbs Cross Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crabbs-cross-academy-e139825) | Primary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade | – |
| [The Vaynor First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-vaynor-first-school-e137960) | Primary | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [Walkwood Church of England Middle School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/walkwood-church-of-england-middle-school-e139185) | Secondary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Augustine's Catholic High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-augustines-catholic-high-school-e141063) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), April 2024 | Attainment 8 of 46.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Luke's CofE First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-lukes-cofe-first-school-e150742) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), July 2024, before the school changed | – |
| [Oak Hill First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oak-hill-first-school-e150403) | Primary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Woodrow First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/woodrow-first-school-e116730) | Primary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | – |
| [The Beacon Primary Pupil Referral Unit](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-beacon-primary-pupil-referral-unit-e130987) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2023 | £278,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2025 | £540,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| October 2024 | £345,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| March 2024 | £220,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| April 2026 | £250,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| October 2025 | £310,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| January 2025 | £190,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| August 2025 | £338,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: CRABBS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE (430 m); CRABBS CROSS SURGERY (430 m); THE BRIDGE SURGERY (940 m)
- Pharmacies: KNIGHTS CRABBS CROSS PHARMACY (270 m); TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (620 m); KNIGHTS PHARMACY (900 m)
- Dental practices: KINGFISHER DENTAL SURGERY (230 m); CRABBS CROSS DENTAL SURGERY (270 m); HEADLESS CROSS DENTAL PRACTICE (850 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Redditch Extra (620 m, Tesco); Co-op Redditch Evesham Road (690 m, The Co-operative Group); Co-op Redditch Headless Cross (830 m, Midcounties Co-operative)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £245,573** (July 2026). Redditch’s average house price was £245,573 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,251** (2025). Full-time workers living in Redditch earned a median of £35,251 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 73rd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.0×** (2025). A home in Redditch costs 7.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 158th most 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: 20.3** (2025). Redditch has a deprivation score of 20.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 130th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Redditch 012A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 5.2** (2025). Redditch 012A has a deprivation score of 5.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,032nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £310,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Redditch 012A was £310,000 in 2025. Joint 14,683rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,368** (2021). Redditch 012A had 1,368 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 16,857th least 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: 99.8%** (January 2026). In Redditch 012A, 99.8% 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.

## B97 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £280,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B97 was £280,000 in 2025. Joint 990th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 34,974** (2021). B97 had 34,974 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 657th 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: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in B97 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: 94.0%** (January 2026). In B97, 94.0% 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: [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch)
- Centre: 52.2852, -1.9443

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

## Your MP

- [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/redditch): Chris Bloore (Labour), 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=-1.9443,52.2852,B975HJ

## How to cite

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