B16 postcode district: Birmingham and around

B16 is a postcode district in England, with 497 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Birmingham. It is split between 2 councils: Birmingham (492 postcodes) and Sandwell (5).

Postcodes in use: 497
Sectors: 4
Councils: 2 councils
Places: Birmingham

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in B16, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 48
In use before 2020: 449
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 497 postcodes in B16 that ONS places, 48 are new since 2020 and 449 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.4775, longitude -1.9342. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

B16 0BFJuly 2026 B16 0PLJuly 2026 B16 0DFJune 2026 B16 6UYJune 2026 B16 6UXMay 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B16 6UY, is the newest of them.
13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B16 0BF, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B16 8LE, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B16 8WT, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in B16?

Ofcom reports on 449 of the 497 postcodes in B16. At 350 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit350 of 449

Postcodes where every home can get superfast407 of 449

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is B16 at risk of flooding?

None of the 497 postcodes in B16 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in B16?

Homes in B16 sold for a typical £238,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 100 sales, down 2.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£238,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£245,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 2.6% on the 12 months before

Detached £380,000 5 sales
Semi-detached £372,500 20 sales
Terraced £295,000 31 sales
Flat or maisonette £127,500 44 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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