B47
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hollywood and Wythall, in Bromsgrove.
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 B47 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in B47 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B47 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B47 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B47 at a rate of 58.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B47.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (153), shoplifting (132) and other crime (109).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B47 was 61.0 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 B47, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B47 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B47
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromsgrove 004A | 1,599 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Bromsgrove 004B | 1,568 | 19.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Bromsgrove 004C | 1,527 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| Bromsgrove 004D | 1,226 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| Bromsgrove 005C | 1,855 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| Bromsgrove 005D | 1,215 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 52.9% |
MPs for B47
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove98% of B47’s postcodes
- Al CarnsLabourMP for Birmingham Selly Oak2.1% of B47’s postcodes
- Manuela PerteghellaLiberal DemocratMP for Stratford-on-Avon0.4% of B47’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 B472
Postcode sectors in B472
Council1
Postcode districts next to B475
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B47 in brief
B47 is a postcode district covering Hollywood and Wythall, in Bromsgrove.
About 10,575 people lived in B47 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,570 in 2025 across 148 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B47 was £375,570 in 2025.
B47 had 10,242 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in B47 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B47, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.