B72 postcode district: Royal Sutton Coldfield and around, Birmingham

B72 is a postcode district in England, with 240 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Royal Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham. Its council is Birmingham.

Postcodes in use
240
Sectors
1
Council
Birmingham
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 B72, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in B72, by flood risk Of the 240 postcodes in B72 that ONS places, 240 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Royal Sutton Coldfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. B72 1AE: not on the flood risk listB72 1AF: not on the flood risk listB72 1AG: not on the flood risk listB72 1AH: not on the flood risk listB72 1AJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1AL: not on the flood risk listB72 1AN: not on the flood risk listB72 1AP: not on the flood risk listB72 1AQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1AR: not on the flood risk listB72 1AT: not on the flood risk listB72 1AU: not on the flood risk listB72 1AW: not on the flood risk listB72 1AX: not on the flood risk listB72 1AY: not on the flood risk listB72 1AZ: not on the flood risk listB72 1BD: not on the flood risk listB72 1BE: not on the flood risk listB72 1BF: not on the flood risk listB72 1BH: not on the flood risk listB72 1BJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1BL: not on the flood risk listB72 1BN: not on the flood risk listB72 1BP: not on the flood risk listB72 1BS: not on the flood risk listB72 1BW: not on the flood risk listB72 1BX: not on the flood risk listB72 1BY: not on the flood risk listB72 1BZ: not on the flood risk listB72 1DB: not on the flood risk listB72 1DD: not on the flood risk listB72 1DE: not on the flood risk listB72 1DF: not on the flood risk listB72 1DG: not on the flood risk listB72 1DH: not on the flood risk listB72 1DJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1DL: not on the flood risk listB72 1DN: not on the flood risk listB72 1DP: not on the flood risk listB72 1DQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1DR: not on the flood risk listB72 1DS: not on the flood risk listB72 1DT: not on the flood risk listB72 1DU: not on the flood risk listB72 1DW: not on the flood risk listB72 1DX: not on the flood risk listB72 1DY: not on the flood risk listB72 1EA: not on the flood risk listB72 1EB: not on the flood risk listB72 1ED: not on the flood risk listB72 1EE: not on the flood risk listB72 1EF: not on the flood risk listB72 1EG: not on the flood risk listB72 1EH: not on the flood risk listB72 1EJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1EL: not on the flood risk listB72 1EN: not on the flood risk listB72 1EP: not on the flood risk listB72 1EQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1ER: not on the flood risk listB72 1ES: not on the flood risk listB72 1ET: not on the flood risk listB72 1EU: not on the flood risk listB72 1EX: not on the flood risk listB72 1FU: not on the flood risk listB72 1FW: not on the flood risk listB72 1HA: not on the flood risk listB72 1HB: not on the flood risk listB72 1HD: not on the flood risk listB72 1HE: not on the flood risk listB72 1HF: not on the flood risk listB72 1HG: not on the flood risk listB72 1HH: not on the flood risk listB72 1HJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1HL: not on the flood risk listB72 1HN: not on the flood risk listB72 1HP: not on the flood risk listB72 1HQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1HR: not on the flood risk listB72 1HS: not on the flood risk listB72 1HT: not on the flood risk listB72 1HU: not on the flood risk listB72 1HW: not on the flood risk listB72 1HX: not on the flood risk listB72 1HY: not on the flood risk listB72 1JA: not on the flood risk listB72 1JB: not on the flood risk listB72 1JD: not on the flood risk listB72 1JE: not on the flood risk listB72 1JF: not on the flood risk listB72 1JG: not on the flood risk listB72 1JH: not on the flood risk listB72 1JJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1JL: not on the flood risk listB72 1JN: not on the flood risk listB72 1JP: not on the flood risk listB72 1JQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1JR: not on the flood risk listB72 1JS: not on the flood risk listB72 1JT: not on the flood risk listB72 1JU: not on the flood risk listB72 1JW: not on the flood risk listB72 1JX: not on the flood risk listB72 1JY: not on the flood risk listB72 1JZ: not on the flood risk listB72 1LA: not on the flood risk listB72 1LB: not on the flood risk listB72 1LD: not on the flood risk listB72 1LE: not on the flood risk listB72 1LF: not on the flood risk listB72 1LG: not on the flood risk listB72 1LH: not on the flood risk listB72 1LJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1LL: not on the flood risk listB72 1LN: not on the flood risk listB72 1LP: not on the flood risk listB72 1LQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1LR: not on the flood risk listB72 1LS: not on the flood risk listB72 1LT: not on the flood risk listB72 1LU: not on the flood risk listB72 1LW: not on the flood risk listB72 1LX: not on the flood risk listB72 1LY: not on the flood risk listB72 1LZ: not on the flood risk listB72 1NA: not on the flood risk listB72 1NB: not on the flood risk listB72 1ND: not on the flood risk listB72 1NE: not on the flood risk listB72 1NF: not on the flood risk listB72 1NG: not on the flood risk listB72 1NH: not on the flood risk listB72 1NJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1NL: not on the flood risk listB72 1NN: not on the flood risk listB72 1NP: not on the flood risk listB72 1NR: not on the flood risk listB72 1NS: not on the flood risk listB72 1NT: not on the flood risk listB72 1NU: not on the flood risk listB72 1NW: not on the flood risk listB72 1NX: not on the flood risk listB72 1NY: not on the flood risk listB72 1NZ: not on the flood risk listB72 1PA: not on the flood risk listB72 1PB: not on the flood risk listB72 1PD: not on the flood risk listB72 1PF: not on the flood risk listB72 1PH: not on the flood risk listB72 1PL: not on the flood risk listB72 1PU: not on the flood risk listB72 1QA: not on the flood risk listB72 1QB: not on the flood risk listB72 1QD: not on the flood risk listB72 1QE: not on the flood risk listB72 1QF: not on the flood risk listB72 1QG: not on the flood risk listB72 1QH: not on the flood risk listB72 1QJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1QL: not on the flood risk listB72 1QP: not on the flood risk listB72 1QQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1QR: not on the flood risk listB72 1QU: not on the flood risk listB72 1QY: not on the flood risk listB72 1RA: not on the flood risk listB72 1RB: not on the flood risk listB72 1RD: not on the flood risk listB72 1RE: not on the flood risk listB72 1RF: not on the flood risk listB72 1RJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1RL: not on the flood risk listB72 1RN: not on the flood risk listB72 1RP: not on the flood risk listB72 1RQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1RR: not on the flood risk listB72 1RS: not on the flood risk listB72 1RT: not on the flood risk listB72 1RX: not on the flood risk listB72 1RZ: not on the flood risk listB72 1SA: not on the flood risk listB72 1SB: not on the flood risk listB72 1SD: not on the flood risk listB72 1SH: not on the flood risk listB72 1SN: not on the flood risk listB72 1SP: not on the flood risk listB72 1SQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1SR: not on the flood risk listB72 1SS: not on the flood risk listB72 1ST: not on the flood risk listB72 1SU: not on the flood risk listB72 1SW: not on the flood risk listB72 1SY: not on the flood risk listB72 1TA: not on the flood risk listB72 1TF: not on the flood risk listB72 1TH: not on the flood risk listB72 1TJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1TT: not on the flood risk listB72 1TU: not on the flood risk listB72 1TW: not on the flood risk listB72 1TX: not on the flood risk listB72 1UD: not on the flood risk listB72 1UJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1UP: not on the flood risk listB72 1UQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1UU: not on the flood risk listB72 1UX: not on the flood risk listB72 1XA: not on the flood risk listB72 1XE: not on the flood risk listB72 1XG: not on the flood risk listB72 1XH: not on the flood risk listB72 1XJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1XP: not on the flood risk listB72 1XQ: not on the flood risk listB72 1XS: not on the flood risk listB72 1XU: not on the flood risk listB72 1XX: not on the flood risk listB72 1XY: not on the flood risk listB72 1XZ: not on the flood risk listB72 1YA: not on the flood risk listB72 1YB: not on the flood risk listB72 1YD: not on the flood risk listB72 1YE: not on the flood risk listB72 1YF: not on the flood risk listB72 1YG: not on the flood risk listB72 1YH: not on the flood risk listB72 1YJ: not on the flood risk listB72 1YN: not on the flood risk listB72 1YS: not on the flood risk listB72 1YT: not on the flood risk listB72 1YU: not on the flood risk listB72 1YW: not on the flood risk listB72 1YY: not on the flood risk listB72 1YZ: not on the flood risk list Royal Sutton Coldfield Map of every postcode in B72, by flood risk Of the 240 postcodes in B72 that ONS places, 240 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Royal Sutton Coldfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A452A453 Royal Sutton Coldfield
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 240

Of the 240 postcodes in B72 that ONS places, 240 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5501, longitude -1.8219. 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

What broadband can you get in B72?

Ofcom reports on 235 of the 240 postcodes in B72. At 194 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit194 of 235
Postcodes where every home can get superfast213 of 235

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 B72 at risk of flooding?

None of the 240 postcodes in B72 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 B72?

Homes in B72 sold for a typical £369,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 110 sales, down 2.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£369,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£379,000
12 months to August 2026
£369,250

▼ down 2.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£550,000 34 sales
Semi-detached£406,250 26 sales
Terraced£290,000 17 sales
Flat or maisonette£182,000 33 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 B72

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

B72 1240 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in B72

Towns and villages with postcodes in B72, and how many each has here.

Royal Sutton Coldfield postcodes,234Birmingham postcodes,6

Who covers B72

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

  • Sutton Coldfield234
  • Birmingham Erdington6

Police force areas

  • West Midlands240

Next to B72

B71 postcode district B73 postcode district All B districts Royal Sutton Coldfield postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after B72 in the B area.

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