B17 postcode district: Birmingham and around
B17 is a postcode district in England, with 556 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Birmingham. Its council is Birmingham.
- Postcodes in use
- 556
- Sectors
- 3
- Council
- Birmingham
- Places
- Birmingham
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in B17, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 3
- At medium risk at worst: 5
- At low risk at worst: 7
- At very low risk only: 1
- Not on the at-risk list: 540
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 556 postcodes in B17 that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 540 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 52.4613, longitude -1.9587. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. B17 0RN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What broadband can you get in B17?
Ofcom reports on 550 of the 556 postcodes in B17. At 479 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is B17 at risk of flooding?
16 of the 556 postcodes in B17 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 85 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
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 B17?
Homes in B17 sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 214 sales, up 7.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £325,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £350,000
▲ up 7.7% on the 12 months before
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
Postcodes in B17
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in B17
Towns and villages with postcodes in B17, and how many each has here.
Who covers B17
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Birmingham556
Constituencies
- Birmingham Edgbaston556
Police force areas
- West Midlands556
Next to B17
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after B17 in the B area.
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