B46
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Coleshill and Water Orton, in North Warwickshire.
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 B46 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 10% of people in B46 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B46 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B46 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B46 at a rate of 72.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 83 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B46.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (259), anti-social behaviour (202) and other crime (142).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B46 was 76.0 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 B46, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B46 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B46
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Warwickshire 004B | 1,799 | 140.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.7% |
| North Warwickshire 006A | 1,717 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.4% |
| North Warwickshire 006B | 1,517 | 101.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| North Warwickshire 006C | 1,795 | 155.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.1% |
| North Warwickshire 006D | 1,868 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| North Warwickshire 006E | 1,634 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.5% |
| North Warwickshire 006F | 1,848 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.4% |
MPs for B46
- Rachel TaylorLabourMP for North Warwickshire and Bedworth93% of B46’s postcodes
- Jodie GoslingLabourMP for Nuneaton7.1% of B46’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 B461
Postcode sectors in B464
Council1
Postcode districts next to B468
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B46 in brief
B46 is a postcode district covering Coleshill and Water Orton, in North Warwickshire.
About 12,949 people lived in B46 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 229 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B46 was £280,000 in 2025.
B46 had 12,670 usual residents at the census.
About 10% of people in B46 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B46, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.