# B12 0QB: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B12 0QB is a postcode in Birmingham.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Birmingham. Open the map at B12 0QB for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b12) › [B12 0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b12-0)

## Around this postcode

- **89 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 28% on July. Birmingham 135F: 409 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **Digbeth High Street, 570 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **10 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **No property in B12 0QB listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 135F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 640 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 520 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B12 0QB**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **Moderate road and rail noise at B12 0QB**: Road 59 dB, rail 42 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB
- **15.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Futures Matter - Northwood](https://openindex.co.uk/school/futures-matter-northwood-e152552) | Special | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Calthorpe Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/calthorpe-academy-e141252) | Special | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | – |
| [Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harper-bell-seventh-day-adventist-school-e136440) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade, special measures | 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Chandos Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chandos-primary-school-e143908) | Primary | 440 m (5 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), June 2024 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ark St Alban's Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-st-albans-academy-e135970) | Secondary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | Attainment 8 of 50.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Anne's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-annes-catholic-primary-school-e103434) | Primary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [South and City College Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/south-and-city-college-birmingham-e130461) | Sixth form and further education | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | Attainment 8 of 16.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Camp Hill Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/camp-hill-education-e146999) | Independent | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2026 | £102,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| October 2025 | £190,000 | Flat or maisonette, new build, leasehold | 200 m |
| August 2023 | £250,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 200 m |
| October 2025 | £210,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 230 m |
| June 2024 | £260,000 | Flat or maisonette, new build, leasehold | 250 m |
| July 2024 | £125,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 270 m |
| September 2025 | £440,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 280 m |
| August 2025 | £224,995 | Flat or maisonette, new build, leasehold | 280 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Digbeth High Street (570 m, 7 minutes on foot); Bordesley (630 m, 8 minutes on foot); Meriden Street (960 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE (640 m); THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE (670 m); BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM (990 m)
- Pharmacies: MEDISINA PHARMACY (490 m); MEDX PHARMACY (670 m); SPARKBROOK PHARMACY (920 m)
- Dental practices: NIGHT DENTAL LIMITED (750 m)
- Supermarkets: Budgens - Sherlock Street (520 m, Budgens); Tesco Birmingham Hurst St Express (770 m, Tesco); Spar - Upper Dean Street (790 m, Spar); Budgens Of Kent Street (860 m, Budgens); Morrisons Daily Bristol, Street, Birmingham (880 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £234,257** (July 2026). Birmingham’s average house price was £234,257 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,989** (2025). Full-time workers living in Birmingham earned a median of £35,989 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). Joint 93rd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.5×** (2025). A home in Birmingham costs 6.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 128th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 38.1** (2025). Birmingham has a deprivation score of 38.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 5th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Birmingham 135F (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 37.2** (2025). Birmingham 135F has a deprivation score of 37.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,359th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £264,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Birmingham 135F was £264,000 in 2025. Joint 12,869th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,582** (2021). Birmingham 135F had 1,582 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,093rd most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 58.5%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 135F, 58.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## B12 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £228,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B12 was £228,500 in 2025. Joint 597th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 22,589** (2021). B12 had 22,589 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,312th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in B12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.0%** (January 2026). In B12, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham)
- Centre: 52.4701, -1.8866

Council: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Birmingham Ladywood](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birmingham-ladywood): Shabana Mahmood (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.8866,52.4701,B120QB

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