B98
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Redditch and Church Hill, in Redditch.
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 B98 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B98, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B98 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B98 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B98 at a rate of 83.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 423 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B98.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,741), other crime (677) and anti-social behaviour (550).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B98 was 86.8 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 B98, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B98 has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B98
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redditch 001B | 1,059 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| Redditch 001C | 1,310 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 84.4% |
| Redditch 001D | 1,464 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.1% |
| Redditch 002A | 1,244 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| Redditch 002B | 1,302 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.0% |
| Redditch 002C | 1,367 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.3% |
| Redditch 002D | 1,536 | 136.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.8% |
| Redditch 004B | 1,152 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Redditch 004C | 1,869 | 195.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.0% |
| Redditch 004D | 2,068 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.2% |
| Redditch 005A | 1,319 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.9% |
| Redditch 005B | 1,414 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.6% |
| Redditch 005C | 1,237 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Redditch 005D | 1,556 | 291.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 83.2% |
| Redditch 006A | 1,837 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.7% |
| Redditch 006D | 1,767 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Redditch 007A | 1,395 | 18.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Redditch 007B | 1,741 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.8% |
| Redditch 007C | 1,550 | 106.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.6% |
| Redditch 007D | 1,254 | 136.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.7% |
| Redditch 009A | 1,604 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.0% |
| Redditch 009B | 1,624 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.7% |
| Redditch 009C | 1,785 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.1% |
| Redditch 009D | 1,161 | 22.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| Redditch 009E | 1,462 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.9% |
| Redditch 010A | 1,371 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% |
| Redditch 010B | 1,772 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Redditch 010C | 1,406 | 185.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 68.5% |
| Redditch 010D | 2,236 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Redditch 011A | 1,347 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Redditch 011B | 1,388 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.9% |
| Redditch 011D | 1,363 | 97.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 71.1% |
MPs for B98
- Chris BlooreLabourMP for Redditch94% of B98’s postcodes
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove4.6% of B98’s postcodes
- Manuela PerteghellaLiberal DemocratMP for Stratford-on-Avon1.6% of B98’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 B988
Postcode sectors in B984
Council1
Towns in B981
Postcode districts next to B984
Nearest rail stations1
More in the B postcode area2
B98 in brief
B98 is a postcode district covering Redditch and Church Hill, in Redditch.
About 49,946 people lived in B98 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £240,000 in 2025 across 561 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B98 was £240,000 in 2025.
B98 had 49,683 usual residents at the census.
In B98, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B98, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.