B42 postcode district: Birmingham and around

B42 is a postcode district in England, with 438 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Birmingham and West Bromwich. It is split between 2 councils: Birmingham (428 postcodes) and Sandwell (10).

Postcodes in use
438
Sectors
3
Councils
2 councils
Places
2 places

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

Every postcode in B42, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in B42, by flood risk Of the 438 postcodes in B42 that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 32 are at low risk at worst, 12 are at very low risk only and 386 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Perry Barr, Oscott. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. B42 1AD: not on the flood risk listB42 1BT: not on the flood risk listB42 1DD: not on the flood risk listB42 1DE: not on the flood risk listB42 1DG: not on the flood risk listB42 1DP: not on the flood risk listB42 1DW: not on the flood risk listB42 1EH: not on the flood risk listB42 1EJ: not on the flood risk listB42 1EL: not on the flood risk listB42 1EN: not on the flood risk listB42 1EP: not on the flood risk listB42 1ER: not on the flood risk listB42 1ES: not on the flood risk listB42 1ET: not on the flood risk listB42 1EU: not on the flood risk listB42 1EW: not on the flood risk listB42 1EX: not on the flood risk listB42 1EY: not on the flood risk listB42 1EZ: not on the flood risk listB42 1HB: not on the flood risk listB42 1HE: not on the flood risk listB42 1HF: not on the flood risk listB42 1HG: not on the flood risk listB42 1HH: not on the flood risk listB42 1HJ: not on the flood risk listB42 1HL: not on the flood risk listB42 1HN: not on the flood risk listB42 1HQ: not on the flood risk listB42 1HR: not on the flood risk listB42 1HS: not on the flood risk listB42 1HT: not on the flood risk listB42 1HU: not on the flood risk listB42 1HW: not on the flood risk listB42 1HX: not on the flood risk listB42 1HY: not on the flood risk listB42 1JB: not on the flood risk listB42 1JG: not on the flood risk listB42 1JH: not on the flood risk listB42 1JJ: not on the flood risk listB42 1JL: not on the flood risk listB42 1JN: not on the flood risk listB42 1JP: not on the flood risk listB42 1JQ: not on the flood risk listB42 1JR: not on the flood risk listB42 1JS: not on the flood risk listB42 1JT: not on the flood risk listB42 1JU: not on the flood risk listB42 1JW: not on the flood risk listB42 1JX: not on the flood risk listB42 1JY: not on the flood risk listB42 1LA: not on the flood risk listB42 1LF: not on the flood risk listB42 1LG: not on the flood risk listB42 1LH: not on the flood risk listB42 1LJ: not on the flood risk listB42 1LL: not on the flood risk listB42 1LN: not on the flood risk listB42 1LP: not on the flood risk listB42 1LQ: not on the flood risk listB42 1LR: not on the flood risk listB42 1LS: not on the flood risk listB42 1LT: not on the flood risk listB42 1LU: not on the flood risk listB42 1LW: not on the flood risk listB42 1LX: not on the flood risk listB42 1LY: not on the flood risk listB42 1NA: not on the flood risk listB42 1NB: not on the flood risk listB42 1ND: not on the flood risk listB42 1NE: not on the flood risk listB42 1NF: not on the flood risk listB42 1NG: not on the flood risk listB42 1NH: not on the flood risk listB42 1NJ: not on the flood risk listB42 1NL: not on the flood risk listB42 1NP: not on the flood risk listB42 1NQ: not on the flood risk listB42 1NR: not on the flood risk listB42 1NS: not on the flood risk listB42 1NT: not on the flood risk listB42 1NU: not on the flood risk listB42 1NX: not on the flood risk listB42 1NY: not on the flood risk listB42 1NZ: not on the flood risk listB42 1PA: not on the flood risk listB42 1PB: not on the flood risk listB42 1PD: not on the flood risk listB42 1PE: not on the flood risk listB42 1PG: not on the flood risk listB42 1PH: not on the flood risk listB42 1PJ: not on the flood risk listB42 1PL: not on the flood risk listB42 1PN: not on the flood risk listB42 1PP: not on the flood risk listB42 1PQ: not on the flood risk listB42 1PR: not on the flood risk listB42 1PS: not on the flood risk listB42 1PT: not on the flood risk listB42 1PU: not on the flood risk listB42 1PW: not on the flood risk listB42 1PX: not on the flood risk listB42 1PZ: not on the flood risk listB42 1QA: not on the flood risk listB42 1QF: not on the flood risk listB42 1QG: not on the flood risk listB42 1QH: not on the flood risk listB42 1QJ: not on the flood risk listB42 1QL: not on the flood risk listB42 1QN: not on the flood risk listB42 1QP: not on the flood risk listB42 1QR: not on the flood risk listB42 1QS: not on the flood risk listB42 1QT: not on the flood risk listB42 1QU: not on the flood risk listB42 1QW: not on the flood risk listB42 1QX: not on the flood risk listB42 1QY: not on the flood risk listB42 1QZ: not on the flood risk listB42 1RJ: not on the flood risk listB42 1RN: not on the flood risk listB42 1RP: not on the flood risk listB42 1RR: not on the flood risk listB42 1RS: not on the flood risk listB42 1RT: not on the flood risk listB42 1RU: not on the flood risk listB42 1RX: not on the flood risk listB42 1RY: not on the flood risk listB42 1RZ: not on the flood risk listB42 1SF: not on the flood risk listB42 1SL: not on the flood risk listB42 1SN: not on the flood risk listB42 1SR: not on the flood risk listB42 1SS: not on the flood risk listB42 1ST: not on the flood risk listB42 1SU: not on the flood risk listB42 1SX: not on the flood risk listB42 1TF: not on the flood risk listB42 1TG: not on the flood risk listB42 1TH: not on the flood risk listB42 1TN: not on the flood risk listB42 1TQ: not on the flood risk listB42 1TY: not on the flood risk listB42 1UB: not on the flood risk listB42 1UH: not on the flood risk listB42 1UJ: not on the flood risk listB42 1UL: not on the flood risk listB42 2AA: not on the flood risk listB42 2AB: not on the flood risk listB42 2AD: not on the flood risk listB42 2AE: not on the flood risk listB42 2AF: not on the flood risk listB42 2AG: not on the flood risk listB42 2AH: not on the flood risk listB42 2AJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2AL: not on the flood risk listB42 2AN: not on the flood risk listB42 2AP: not on the flood risk listB42 2AQ: not on the flood risk listB42 2AR: not on the flood risk listB42 2AS: not on the flood risk listB42 2AT: not on the flood risk listB42 2AU: not on the flood risk listB42 2AX: not on the flood risk listB42 2AY: not on the flood risk listB42 2BA: not on the flood risk listB42 2BB: not on the flood risk listB42 2BD: not on the flood risk listB42 2BE: not on the flood risk listB42 2BF: not on the flood risk listB42 2BG: not on the flood risk listB42 2BH: not on the flood risk listB42 2BJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2BL: not on the flood risk listB42 2BN: not on the flood risk listB42 2BP: not on the flood risk listB42 2BQ: not on the flood risk listB42 2BS: not on the flood risk listB42 2BT: not on the flood risk listB42 2BU: not on the flood risk listB42 2BW: not on the flood risk listB42 2BX: not on the flood risk listB42 2BY: not on the flood risk listB42 2BZ: not on the flood risk listB42 2DE: not on the flood risk listB42 2DG: not on the flood risk listB42 2DH: not on the flood risk listB42 2DJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2DL: not on the flood risk listB42 2DN: not on the flood risk listB42 2DP: not on the flood risk listB42 2DQ: not on the flood risk listB42 2DR: not on the flood risk listB42 2DS: not on the flood risk listB42 2DT: not on the flood risk listB42 2DU: not on the flood risk listB42 2DW: not on the flood risk listB42 2DY: not on the flood risk listB42 2DZ: not on the flood risk listB42 2EA: not on the flood risk listB42 2EB: not on the flood risk listB42 2ED: not on the flood risk listB42 2EE: not on the flood risk listB42 2EF: not on the flood risk listB42 2EG: not on the flood risk listB42 2EH: not on the flood risk listB42 2EJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2EL: not on the flood risk listB42 2EP: not on the flood risk listB42 2ES: not on the flood risk listB42 2ET: not on the flood risk listB42 2EU: not on the flood risk listB42 2EW: not on the flood risk listB42 2FF: not on the flood risk listB42 2FP: not on the flood risk listB42 2FR: not on the flood risk listB42 2FS: not on the flood risk listB42 2FT: not on the flood risk listB42 2FU: not on the flood risk listB42 2GT: not on the flood risk listB42 2GU: not on the flood risk listB42 2GW: not on the flood risk listB42 2GX: not on the flood risk listB42 2GY: not on the flood risk listB42 2GZ: not on the flood risk listB42 2HA: not on the flood risk listB42 2HD: not on the flood risk listB42 2HF: not on the flood risk listB42 2HG: not on the flood risk listB42 2HH: not on the flood risk listB42 2HJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2HL: not on the flood risk listB42 2HN: not on the flood risk listB42 2HP: not on the flood risk listB42 2HQ: not on the flood risk listB42 2HR: not on the flood risk listB42 2HS: not on the flood risk listB42 2HT: not on the flood risk listB42 2HU: not on the flood risk listB42 2HW: not on the flood risk listB42 2HX: not on the flood risk listB42 2HY: not on the flood risk listB42 2HZ: not on the flood risk listB42 2JA: not on the flood risk listB42 2JB: not on the flood risk listB42 2JD: not on the flood risk listB42 2JE: not on the flood risk listB42 2JH: not on the flood risk listB42 2JL: not on the flood risk listB42 2JN: not on the flood risk listB42 2JP: not on the flood risk listB42 2JQ: not on the flood risk listB42 2JR: not on the flood risk listB42 2JS: not on the flood risk listB42 2JT: not on the flood risk listB42 2JU: not on the flood risk listB42 2JW: not on the flood risk listB42 2JX: not on the flood risk listB42 2JY: not on the flood risk listB42 2JZ: not on the flood risk listB42 2LF: not on the flood risk listB42 2LG: not on the flood risk listB42 2LH: not on the flood risk listB42 2LJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2LL: not on the flood risk listB42 2LQ: not on the flood risk listB42 2LR: not on the flood risk listB42 2LS: not on the flood risk listB42 2LT: not on the flood risk listB42 2LU: not on the flood risk listB42 2LW: not on the flood risk listB42 2LX: not on the flood risk listB42 2LY: not on the flood risk listB42 2LZ: not on the flood risk listB42 2NA: not on the flood risk listB42 2NB: not on the flood risk listB42 2ND: not on the flood risk listB42 2NE: not on the flood risk listB42 2NF: not on the flood risk listB42 2NG: not on the flood risk listB42 2NH: not on the flood risk listB42 2NJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2NL: not on the flood risk listB42 2NN: not on the flood risk listB42 2NP: not on the flood risk listB42 2NR: not on the flood risk listB42 2NS: not on the flood risk listB42 2NT: not on the flood risk listB42 2NU: not on the flood risk listB42 2NX: not on the flood risk listB42 2NY: not on the flood risk listB42 2PA: not on the flood risk listB42 2PB: not on the flood risk listB42 2PD: not on the flood risk listB42 2PE: not on the flood risk listB42 2PF: not on the flood risk listB42 2PG: not on the flood risk listB42 2PH: not on the flood risk listB42 2PJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2PQ: not on the flood risk listB42 2PR: not on the flood risk listB42 2PS: not on the flood risk listB42 2PT: not on the flood risk listB42 2PU: not on the flood risk listB42 2PW: not on the flood risk listB42 2PX: not on the flood risk listB42 2PY: not on the flood risk listB42 2PZ: not on the flood risk listB42 2QB: not on the flood risk listB42 2QD: not on the flood risk listB42 2QE: not on the flood risk listB42 2QG: not on the flood risk listB42 2QH: not on the flood risk listB42 2QJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2QL: not on the flood risk listB42 2QN: not on the flood risk listB42 2QP: not on the flood risk listB42 2QR: not on the flood risk listB42 2QS: not on the flood risk listB42 2QT: not on the flood risk listB42 2QU: not on the flood risk listB42 2QW: not on the flood risk listB42 2QY: not on the flood risk listB42 2RA: not on the flood risk listB42 2RB: not on the flood risk listB42 2RD: not on the flood risk listB42 2RF: not on the flood risk listB42 2RG: not on the flood risk listB42 2RH: not on the flood risk listB42 2RJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2RL: not on the flood risk listB42 2RN: not on the flood risk listB42 2RP: not on the flood risk listB42 2RR: not on the flood risk listB42 2RS: not on the flood risk listB42 2RT: not on the flood risk listB42 2RU: not on the flood risk listB42 2RX: not on the flood risk listB42 2RY: not on the flood risk listB42 2RZ: not on the flood risk listB42 2SA: not on the flood risk listB42 2SB: not on the flood risk listB42 2SD: not on the flood risk listB42 2SE: not on the flood risk listB42 2SF: not on the flood risk listB42 2SG: not on the flood risk listB42 2SH: not on the flood risk listB42 2SL: not on the flood risk listB42 2SP: not on the flood risk listB42 2SQ: not on the flood risk listB42 2SY: not on the flood risk listB42 2TG: not on the flood risk listB42 2TP: not on the flood risk listB42 2TT: not on the flood risk listB42 2TY: not on the flood risk listB42 2TZ: not on the flood risk listB42 2UD: not on the flood risk listB42 2UE: not on the flood risk listB42 2UH: not on the flood risk listB42 2UJ: not on the flood risk listB42 2UL: not on the flood risk listB42 2UN: not on the flood risk listB42 2YH: not on the flood risk listB42 1DR: very low flood risk onlyB42 1RH: very low flood risk onlyB42 1RL: very low flood risk onlyB42 1SJ: very low flood risk onlyB42 1SW: very low flood risk onlyB42 2GL: very low flood risk onlyB42 2GP: very low flood risk onlyB42 2LE: very low flood risk onlyB42 2TA: very low flood risk onlyB42 2UB: very low flood risk onlyB42 1AA: low flood risk at worstB42 1BP: low flood risk at worstB42 1BZ: low flood risk at worstB42 1DT: low flood risk at worstB42 1DU: low flood risk at worstB42 1RE: low flood risk at worstB42 1RG: low flood risk at worstB42 1RQ: low flood risk at worstB42 1SP: low flood risk at worstB42 1SY: low flood risk at worstB42 1TA: low flood risk at worstB42 1TU: low flood risk at worstB42 1UD: low flood risk at worstB42 2EX: low flood risk at worstB42 2EY: low flood risk at worstB42 2FX: low flood risk at worstB42 2FY: low flood risk at worstB42 2GA: low flood risk at worstB42 2GB: low flood risk at worstB42 2GD: low flood risk at worstB42 2GE: low flood risk at worstB42 2GG: low flood risk at worstB42 2GH: low flood risk at worstB42 2GS: low flood risk at worstB42 2GR: low flood risk at worstB42 2HB: low flood risk at worstB42 2LA: low flood risk at worstB42 2LB: low flood risk at worstB42 2TU: low flood risk at worstB42 2TX: low flood risk at worstB42 1AB: medium flood risk at worstB42 1DY: medium flood risk at worstB42 1NN: medium flood risk at worstB42 1RF: medium flood risk at worstB42 1SG: medium flood risk at worstB42 1SH: medium flood risk at worstB42 1TX: medium flood risk at worstB42 1EA: high flood risk Perry BarrOscott Map of every postcode in B42, by flood risk Of the 438 postcodes in B42 that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 32 are at low risk at worst, 12 are at very low risk only and 386 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Perry Barr, Oscott. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Perry BarrOscott
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 7
  • At low risk at worst: 32
  • At very low risk only: 12
  • Not on the at-risk list: 386

Of the 438 postcodes in B42 that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 32 are at low risk at worst, 12 are at very low risk only and 386 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. 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 52.5338, longitude -1.9118. 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.

B42 1EA1 at high risk

What broadband can you get in B42?

Ofcom reports on 412 of the 438 postcodes in B42. At 383 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit383 of 412
Postcodes where every home can get superfast387 of 412

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.

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

Is B42 at risk of flooding?

52 of the 438 postcodes in B42 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 27 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 52 of 438 postcodes High: 1Medium: 26Low: 398Very low: 187

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 B42?

Homes in B42 sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 232 sales, up 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£225,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£220,000
12 months to August 2026
£225,000

▲ up 2.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£352,500 10 sales
Semi-detached£228,000 135 sales
Terraced£214,250 72 sales
Flat or maisonette£109,950 15 sales

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 B42

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

B42 1175 postcodesB42 2243 postcodesB42 920 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in B42

Towns and villages with postcodes in B42, and how many each has here.

Birmingham postcodes,435West Bromwich postcodes,3

Who covers B42

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

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Birmingham Perry Barr365
  • Birmingham Erdington63
  • West Bromwich10

Police force areas

  • West Midlands438

Next to B42

B40 postcode district B43 postcode district All B districts Birmingham postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after B42 in the B area.

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