# B13 8QJ: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B13 8QJ 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 B13 8QJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b13) › [B13 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b13-8)

## Around this postcode

- **8 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 14% on July. Birmingham 088D: 117 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **Kings Heath, 1 km**: About 13 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 420 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **No property in B13 8QJ 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=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 088D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 450 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 520 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B13 8QJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **Low road and rail noise at B13 8QJ**: Road 45 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **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=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ
- **11.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Moor Green Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/moor-green-primary-academy-e139000) | Primary | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, June 2024 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Uffculme School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/uffculme-school-e103605) | Special | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | – |
| [St Edward's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edwards-catholic-primary-school-e103447) | Primary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Queensbridge School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queensbridge-school-e103497) | Secondary | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | Attainment 8 of 50.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Selly Park Girls' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/selly-park-girls-school-e103498) | Secondary | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | Attainment 8 of 55.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Fox Hollies School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fox-hollies-school-e103625) | Special | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Red Boots School (National Institute of Conductive Education)](https://openindex.co.uk/school/red-boots-school-national-institute-of-conductive-education-e103588) | Special | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Reach School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/reach-school-e139671) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2024 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2026 | £615,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| December 2025 | £675,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 40 m |
| October 2025 | £803,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| June 2024 | £315,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| July 2026 | £683,485 | Detached, established, freehold | 250 m |
| March 2025 | £125,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 280 m |
| September 2023 | £875,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 290 m |
| August 2024 | £595,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 310 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: MOOR GREEN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE (450 m); SELLY PARK SURGERY (670 m)
- Pharmacies: SELLY PARK PHARMACY (560 m)
- Dental practices: SELLY PARK DENTAL CENTRE (700 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Dads Lane Birmingham (520 m, Central England Co-operative); Spar - Platinum Retail-Kensington Service Station (630 m, Spar); Asda Edgbaston Express (940 m, Asda)

## 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 088D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 17.6** (2025). Birmingham 088D has a deprivation score of 17.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 16,687th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £206,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Birmingham 088D was £206,000 in 2025. Joint 7,139th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,785** (2021). Birmingham 088D had 1,785 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 10,360th 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: 92.0%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 088D, 92.0% 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.

## B13 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £258,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B13 was £258,500 in 2025. Joint 820th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 38,387** (2021). B13 had 38,387 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 509th 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 B13 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: 95.1%** (January 2026). In B13, 95.1% 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: 52.4417, -1.9073

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

## Your MP

- [Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birmingham-hall-green-and-moseley): Tahir Ali (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=-1.9073,52.4417,B138QJ

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