B97
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Redditch, Batchley and Webheath, 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 B97 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in B97 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B97 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B97 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B97 at a rate of 102.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 389 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B97.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,595), other crime (609) and anti-social behaviour (467).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B97 was 98.4 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 B97, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B97 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B97
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redditch 001A | 2,806 | 90.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.0% |
| Redditch 003A | 1,527 | 261.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Redditch 003C | 1,897 | 110.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| Redditch 003D | 1,791 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Redditch 003E | 1,533 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Redditch 003F | 1,148 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Redditch 003G | 1,438 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Redditch 004A | 1,927 | 518.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.7% |
| Redditch 006B | 1,404 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| Redditch 006C | 1,360 | 132.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Redditch 008A | 1,399 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Redditch 008B | 1,599 | 54.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.2% |
| Redditch 008C | 1,444 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Redditch 008D | 2,112 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Redditch 008E | 1,197 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.5% |
| Redditch 011C | 1,469 | 140.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Redditch 012A | 1,368 | 7.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Redditch 012B | 1,370 | 100.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.7% |
| Redditch 012C | 1,350 | 20.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.9% |
| Redditch 012D | 1,485 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.0% |
| Redditch 012E | 1,396 | 9.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Redditch 013B | 1,386 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.5% |
MPs for B97
- Chris BlooreLabourMP for Redditch95% of B97’s postcodes
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove4.7% of B97’s postcodes
- Manuela PerteghellaLiberal DemocratMP for Stratford-on-Avon0.2% of B97’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 B974
Postcode sectors in B974
Council1
Towns in B971
Postcode districts next to B976
Nearest rail stations2
More in the B postcode area2
B97 in brief
B97 is a postcode district covering Redditch, Batchley and Webheath, in Redditch.
About 35,558 people lived in B97 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 604 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 102.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B97 was £280,000 in 2025.
B97 had 34,974 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in B97 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B97, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.