B2 postcode district: Birmingham and around

B2 is a postcode district in England, with 289 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Birmingham. Its council is Birmingham.

Postcodes in use: 289
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 B2, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 67
In use before 2020: 222
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 289 postcodes in B2 that ONS places, 67 are new since 2020 and 222 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 330 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 52.4879, longitude -1.8972. 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

B2 2JHJuly 2026 B2 2QWJuly 2026 B2 4JUApril 2026 B2 2AGMarch 2026 B2 2UBFebruary 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

67 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B2 2JH, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in B2?

Ofcom reports on 90 of the 289 postcodes in B2. At 67 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit67 of 90

Postcodes where every home can get superfast68 of 90

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 B2 at risk of flooding?

None of the 289 postcodes in B2 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 B2?

HM Land Registry records 4 sales of homes in B2 in the 12 months to August 2026: too few to give a typical price.

Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

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