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

B12 0SJ 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 0SJ 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

- **101 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 2% on July. Birmingham 135F: 409 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **Digbeth High Street, 660 m**: About 8 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **10 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 250 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **26 of 30 properties in B12 0SJ at high risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Also 4 at medium risk. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 135F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 630 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **8 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 260 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **80% can get gigabit broadband at B12 0SJ**: Superfast for 80%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **Low road and rail noise at B12 0SJ**: Road 53 dB, rail 44 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **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=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ
- **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=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chandos Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chandos-primary-school-e143908) | Primary | 250 m (3 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 | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | Attainment 8 of 50.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Futures Matter - Northwood](https://openindex.co.uk/school/futures-matter-northwood-e152552) | Special | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Calthorpe Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/calthorpe-academy-e141252) | Special | 590 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | – |
| [Lift Percy Shurmer](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lift-percy-shurmer-e138410) | Primary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), May 2023 | 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harper-bell-seventh-day-adventist-school-e136440) | Primary | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade, special measures | 50% 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 | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | Attainment 8 of 16.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Anne's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-annes-catholic-primary-school-e103434) | Primary | 760 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £440,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| July 2025 | £175,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| January 2026 | £102,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 240 m |
| August 2025 | £210,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 330 m |
| June 2026 | £325,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 340 m |
| June 2024 | £405,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 390 m |
| February 2026 | £170,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 390 m |
| August 2025 | £157,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 390 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Digbeth High Street (670 m, 8 minutes on foot); Bordesley (910 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE (630 m); HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE (640 m); BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE (830 m)
- Pharmacies: MEDISINA PHARMACY (590 m); MEDX PHARMACY (630 m); BOOTS (920 m); BELLEVUE PHARMACY (960 m); PERSHORE PHARMACY (960 m)
- Dental practices: NIGHT DENTAL LIMITED (950 m); DENTAL SURGERY (960 m)
- Supermarkets: Budgens - Sherlock Street (260 m, Budgens); Tesco Birmingham Hurst St Express (570 m, Tesco); Budgens Of Kent Street (610 m, Budgens); Morrisons Daily Bristol, Street, Birmingham (610 m, Morrisons); Spar - Upper Dean Street (690 m, Spar)

## 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: 52.4697, -1.8908

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=-1.8908,52.4697,B120SJ

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