B postcode area: Birmingham

The B postcode area is known as the Birmingham area. It is every postcode that begins B followed by a number. It has 78 districts and 41,844 postcodes in use, across 14 councils.

Homes in the B area sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £165,000 in B1 (Birmingham) to £575,000 in B94 (Hockley Heath).

For the town itself, see Birmingham postcodes.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources

Typical price £260,000 Homes sold in the B area, last 12 months. ▲ 2% on the year before Cheapest to dearest district £165,000 to £575,000 B1 (Birmingham) to B94 (Hockley Heath) Gigabit broadband 33,648 of 40,253 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 2,031 of 41,844 postcodes in England have a home or business at risk; 9,856 homes and businesses at high or medium risk

Where it is

Latitude 52.4627

Longitude -1.8882

This is the middle of the postcodes in the B area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it

What do homes cost in the B area?

Homes in the B area sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 15,370 sales, up 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£260,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£255,000
12 months to August 2026
£260,000

▲ up 2% on the 12 months before

Detached£440,000 2,896 sales
Semi-detached£275,000 5,810 sales
Terraced£220,000 4,559 sales
Flat or maisonette£145,000 2,105 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

78 districts41,844 postcodes in use40 places14 councils
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How do the B districts compare?

A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.

Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them

One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.

Places in the B area

Towns and villages with postcodes in the B area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.

Birmingham£231,000Solihull£340,000Royal Sutton Coldfield£375,000West Bromwich£238,500Tamworth£250,000Redditch£261,000Halesowen£259,250Smethwick£210,000Oldbury£233,500Bromsgrove£290,000Rowley Regis£222,500Cradley Heath£225,000Knowle and Dorridge£560,000Streetly£367,000Catshill£340,000Coleshill£280,000Alcester£291,000Polesworth and Dordon£240,000Blackheath£210,000Hollywood£385,000Studley£320,000Pheasey£250,000Bidford-on-Avon£345,000Fazeley£225,000Barnt Green£600,000Henley-in-Arden£377,500Dickens Heath£229,000Kingsbury£279,000Alvechurch£340,000Astwood Bank£305,500Water Orton£272,500Stoke Prior£334,000Cheswick Green£318,000Hockley Heath£409,000Wythall£373,000Hampton in Arden£500,000Dudley£210,000Brierley Hill£207,500Stourbridge£270,000Walsall£215,000 All places A to Z

Councils in the B area

How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.

  • Birmingham21,556 postcodes
  • Sandwell5,299 postcodes
  • Solihull4,401 postcodes
  • Bromsgrove2,564 postcodes
  • Redditch1,658 postcodes
  • Tamworth1,553 postcodes
  • Dudley1,285 postcodes
  • Stratford-on-Avon1,274 postcodes
  • North Warwickshire1,074 postcodes
  • Walsall448 postcodes
  • Lichfield427 postcodes
  • Wychavon169 postcodes
  • Warwick135 postcodes
  • North West Leicestershire1 postcode
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Near the B area

The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.

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