Birmingham
Birmingham is covered by postcode districts B14, B23, B29, B31, B32, B37 and 48 more. It is mostly in the Birmingham council area: 19,310 of its 20,747 postcodes. The others are in Solihull, Bromsgrove, Sandwell and 2 others. 206 of its 20,747 postcodes are in Worcestershire and Warwickshire. ONS lists no county for the other 20,541.
Every postcode in Birmingham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 833
- In use before 2020: 19,914
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 20,747 postcodes in Birmingham that ONS places, 833 are new since 2020 and 19,914 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 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.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.4696, longitude -1.8850. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 73 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B2 2JH, is the newest of them.
- 35 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B5 6EX, is the newest of them.
- 26 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B29 9EH, is the newest of them.
- 24 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B31 5GY, is the newest of them.
- 24 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B5 7FU, is the newest of them.
- 20 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. B1 1WY, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Birmingham?
Homes sold for a typical £231,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 17,205 of the 19,930 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5,655 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 971 of its 20,747 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bordesley, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Birmingham?
Homes in Birmingham sold for a typical £231,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 6,678 sales, up 1.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £384,000 535 sales
- Semi-detached £260,000 2,494 sales
- Terraced £215,000 2,599 sales
- Flat or maisonette £139,975 1,050 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole B31 district, Birmingham's main postcode district: a typical £234,250.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Birmingham: 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
Are new homes being built in Birmingham?
833 of the 20,747 postcodes now in use in Birmingham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 629 of the 9,717 homes sold in Birmingham were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the B31 district, 9%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Birmingham | Across the B31 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 93 of 6,678 (1%) | 5 of 534 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 629 of 9,717 (6%) | 73 of 782 (9%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Birmingham?
Ofcom reports on 19,930 of the 20,747 postcodes in Birmingham. At 17,205 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 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.
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 Birmingham at risk of flooding?
971 of the 20,747 postcodes in Birmingham 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 5,655 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
Which schools are in Birmingham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Birmingham (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Calthorpe Academy150 m 461 pupils, 450 places
- Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School350 m 138 pupils, 218 places
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School400 m 192 pupils, 210 places
- Chandos Primary School550 m 449 pupils, 468 places
- Lift Percy Shurmer800 m 459 pupils, 460 places
- Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery950 m 188 pupils, 236 places
- Regents Park Community Primary School1.1 km 398 pupils, 450 places
- Heath Mount Primary School1.1 km 290 pupils, 420 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Birmingham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Birmingham is Bordesley Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.
- Bordesley Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
- Birmingham Moor Street Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmWalk
- Birmingham New Street Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
- Digbeth High Street (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 650 mWalk
- Meriden Street (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 1.0 kmWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Birmingham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Birmingham, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Highgate Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 0345 245 0751 600 mWalk
- The Wand Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 440 1561 650 mWalk
- Babylon Gp at Hand Birmingham Phone 0330 808 2217 1.0 kmWalk
- Bellevue Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2026 · Phone 0121 728 8540 1.2 kmWalk
- The Balaji Surgery, the Sparkbrook Chc Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 334 0200 1.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Birmingham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 16,530 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Birmingham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 1,367 September 2025
- 1,330 October 2025
- 1,407 November 2025
- 1,335 December 2025
- 1,258 January 2026
- 1,283 February 2026
- 1,361 March 2026
- 1,330 April 2026
- 1,463 May 2026
- 1,420 June 2026
- 1,535 July 2026
- 1,441 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 540, robbery 452, possession of weapons 419, theft from the person 411, other crime 202, bicycle theft 97.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Birmingham?
- Councils
- Birmingham (19,310), Solihull (1,145), Bromsgrove (205) and 3 others
- County councils
- Worcestershire (205) and Warwickshire (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Birmingham Ladywood (3,924), Birmingham Erdington (2,245), Birmingham Northfield (2,202) and 14 others
- Police force areas
- West Midlands (20,541), West Mercia (205) and Warwickshire (1)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Birmingham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Birmingham is in Birmingham; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Birmingham about council tax Council tax, on birmingham.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Birmingham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Birmingham postcodes
20,747 postcodes in use in Birmingham, by district:
Those districts are all in the B postcode area.
Check a Birmingham postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Birmingham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Birmingham's £231,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Birmingham
- What is it like to live in Birmingham?
- Homes sold for a typical £231,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 17,205 of the 19,930 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5,655 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 971 of its 20,747 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bordesley, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Birmingham?
- Birmingham is covered by postcode districts B14, B23, B29, B31, B32, B37 and 48 more, across 20,747 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Birmingham?
- Homes in Birmingham sold for a typical £231,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 6,678 sales, up 1.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Birmingham?
- In Birmingham, primary schools at its postcodes include Calthorpe Academy, Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School and St Anne's Catholic Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Calthorpe Academy, Futures Matter - Northwood and Ark St Alban's Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Birmingham have a railway station?
- Yes: Bordesley is 550 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Birmingham, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Birmingham?
- Ofcom reports on 19,930 of the 20,747 postcodes in Birmingham. At 17,205 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Birmingham at risk of flooding?
- 971 of the 20,747 postcodes in Birmingham 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 5,655 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Birmingham?
- 833 of the 20,747 postcodes now in use in Birmingham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 629 of the 9,717 homes sold in Birmingham were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the B31 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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