B49
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Alcester and Kings Coughton, in Stratford-on-Avon.
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 B49 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 44% of people in B49 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B49 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B49 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B49 at a rate of 67.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B49.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (277), anti-social behaviour (141) and other crime (118).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B49 was 57.6 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 B49, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B49 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B49
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford-on-Avon 006A | 1,578 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.6% |
| Stratford-on-Avon 006B | 1,431 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon 006C | 1,321 | 138.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Stratford-on-Avon 006D | 1,539 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.6% |
| Stratford-on-Avon 007C | 2,398 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.7% |
MPs for B49
- Manuela PerteghellaLiberal DemocratMP for Stratford-on-Avon94% of B49’s postcodes
- Chris BlooreLabourMP for Redditch5.6% of B49’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 B491
Postcode sectors in B493
Council1
Postcode districts next to B497
More in the B postcode area2
B49 in brief
B49 is a postcode district covering Alcester and Kings Coughton, in Stratford-on-Avon.
About 10,952 people lived in B49 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £329,000 in 2025 across 190 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B49 was £329,000 in 2025.
B49 had 10,166 usual residents at the census.
About 44% of people in B49 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B49, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.