B78
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Polesworth, Kingsbury and Fazeley, in North Warwickshire, Lichfield and Tamworth.
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 B78 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 55% of people in B78 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B78 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B78 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B78 at a rate of 87.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 193 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B78.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (795), other crime (389) and anti-social behaviour (368).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B78 was 86.3 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 B78, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B78 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 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 B78
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lichfield 012B | 1,663 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.9% |
| Lichfield 012C | 1,587 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.8% |
| Lichfield 012D | 1,663 | 136.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 73.7% |
| North Warwickshire 001C | 2,001 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.2% |
| North Warwickshire 001D | 1,955 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| North Warwickshire 001E | 1,551 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| North Warwickshire 001F | 1,746 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.5% |
| North Warwickshire 002B | 1,662 | 122.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 75.2% |
| North Warwickshire 002C | 1,552 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| North Warwickshire 004C | 1,789 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.2% |
| North Warwickshire 004D | 1,762 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.6% |
| Tamworth 005B | 1,522 | 261.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| Tamworth 005D | 1,135 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
MPs for B78
- Rachel TaylorLabourMP for North Warwickshire and Bedworth59% of B78’s postcodes
- Sarah EdwardsLabourMP for Tamworth41% of B78’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 B783
Postcode sectors in B783
Councils B78 covers3
Towns in B782
Postcode districts next to B788
Nearest rail stations3
More in the B postcode area2
B78 in brief
B78 is a postcode district covering Polesworth, Kingsbury and Fazeley, in North Warwickshire, Lichfield and Tamworth.
About 26,560 people lived in B78 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £267,500 in 2025 across 409 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B78 was £267,500 in 2025.
B78 had 25,266 usual residents at the census.
About 55% of people in B78 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B78, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.