ARROW ROAD SOUTH, B98 8NX House Prices & Local Information

B98 8NX is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Arrow Road South, 0.6km from St Georges in Redditch. Administratively it sits within Lodge Park ward and the Redditch constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, B98 8NX is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. The daytime character shifts — ethnically mixed workforce primarily in care and education. The 41 average age reflects a mixed, mid-career community — settling down but not yet slowing down. 47% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 37 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £178k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 24.4% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for B98 8NX are sourced from Output Area E00164556 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.