B17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Harborne and Bearwood, 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 B17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B17, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B17 at a rate of 98.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 249 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,097), other crime (434) and vehicle crime (271).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B17 was 99.8 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 B17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B17 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 060A | 2,216 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 060B | 1,603 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 060E | 1,908 | 157.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Birmingham 073A | 1,938 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| Birmingham 073C | 1,627 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 073D | 1,592 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Birmingham 075A | 1,633 | 122.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% |
| Birmingham 075B | 1,505 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Birmingham 075C | 1,586 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.3% |
| Birmingham 075D | 1,641 | 258.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.5% |
| Birmingham 075E | 1,776 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.9% |
| Birmingham 087B | 1,693 | 77.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
| Birmingham 087C | 1,662 | 165.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Birmingham 087F | 2,550 | 418.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Birmingham 095C | 1,609 | 107.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
Your MP
- Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)MP for Birmingham Edgbaston
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 B174
Postcode sectors in B173
Council1
Towns in B171
Postcode districts next to B176
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B17 in brief
B17 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Harborne and Bearwood, in Birmingham.
About 26,531 people lived in B17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £340,000 in 2025 across 291 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 98.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B17 was £340,000 in 2025.
B17 had 26,486 usual residents at the census.
In B17, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B17, 8.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.