B16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Rotton Park and Ladywood, in Birmingham.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an B16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B16, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B16 at a rate of 117.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 277 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,378), other crime (577) and vehicle crime (306).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B16 was 132.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in B16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B16 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 053A | 2,147 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.9% |
| Birmingham 053B | 1,942 | 111.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Birmingham 053C | 2,103 | 175.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Birmingham 060C | 2,198 | 147.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Birmingham 060D | 1,968 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| Birmingham 064A | 1,553 | 205.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.4% |
| Birmingham 064B | 1,595 | 190.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.0% |
| Birmingham 064C | 2,077 | 108.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.8% |
| Birmingham 064D | 1,693 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| Birmingham 136A | 1,884 | 130.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 67.5% |
| Birmingham 136C | 1,172 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| Birmingham 136E | 1,787 | 204.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 48.8% |
| Birmingham 136F | 1,308 | 147.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.5% |
| Birmingham 137A | 1,922 | 130.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.0% |
| Birmingham 137C | 1,220 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.8% |
MPs for B16
- Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)MP for Birmingham Edgbaston51% of B16’s postcodes
- Shabana MahmoodLabourMP for Birmingham Ladywood48% of B16’s postcodes
- Gurinder Singh JosanLabourMP for Smethwick1.0% of B16’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in B163
Postcode sectors in B164
Council1
Towns in B161
Postcode districts next to B165
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B16 in brief
B16 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Rotton Park and Ladywood, in Birmingham.
About 26,937 people lived in B16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £227,250 in 2025 across 122 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 117.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B16 was £227,250 in 2025.
B16 had 24,600 usual residents at the census.
In B16, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B16, 14.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.