B1 postcode district: Birmingham and around

What broadband can you get in B1?

Ofcom reports on 299 of the 319 postcodes in B1. At 212 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

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.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is B1 at risk of flooding?

None of the 319 postcodes in B1 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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

What do homes sell for in B1?

Homes in B1 sold for a typical £161,250 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 68 sales, down 29.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

• Detached 1 sale, too few to price
• Terraced £210,000 5 sales
• Flat or maisonette £159,000 62 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 October 2026.

Places in B1

Towns and villages with postcodes in B1, and how many each has here.

Who covers B1

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.