# B24 8QY: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B24 8QY 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 B24 8QY for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b24) › [B24 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b24-8)

## Around this postcode

- **42 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 16% on July. Birmingham 031B: 116 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **Gravelly Hill, 780 m**: About 10 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 140 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **No property in B24 8QY 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=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 031B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 170 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 720 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B24 8QY**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **Low road and rail noise at B24 8QY**: Road 42 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **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=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY
- **17.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Queensbury School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queensbury-school-e146858) | Special | 140 m (2 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | – |
| [Erdington Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/erdington-academy-e143413) | Secondary | 240 m (3 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2023 | Attainment 8 of 40.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Erdington Hall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/erdington-hall-primary-school-e138194) | Primary | 440 m (5 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ss-mary-and-john-catholic-primary-school-e146268) | Primary | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saint-barnabas-church-of-england-primary-school-e147478) | Primary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Oscott Manor School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oscott-manor-school-e151642) | Special | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Inadequate (overall), June 2024, before the school changed, special measures | – |
| [Birches Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birches-green-primary-school-e150054) | Primary | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Featherstone Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/featherstone-nursery-school-e103139) | Nursery | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2025 | £265,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| March 2026 | £215,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| March 2025 | £485,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| December 2023 | £108,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 160 m |
| April 2026 | £320,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| October 2025 | £306,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| November 2024 | £195,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| April 2025 | £205,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Gravelly Hill (770 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: KINGSBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE (170 m)
- Pharmacies: MW PHILLIPS (SUTTON COLDFIELD) LTD (170 m); WOOD END PHARMACY (270 m); YOUR LOCAL PHARMACY (720 m); ERDINGTON COMMUNITY PHARMACY (780 m); MEDILAND PHARMACY (930 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (650 m); DENTAL SURGERY (820 m); SMILES 4 U (990 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Erdington Six Ways Express (720 m, Tesco); Iceland Erdington High Street (770 m, Iceland); Heron Erdington Birmingham (910 m, Heron)

## 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 031B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 39.0** (2025). Birmingham 031B has a deprivation score of 39.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,847th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £308,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Birmingham 031B was £308,250 in 2025. 14,922nd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,586** (2021). Birmingham 031B had 1,586 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,850th 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: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 031B, 100.0% 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.

## B24 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £245,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B24 was £245,000 in 2025. Joint 705th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 30,416** (2021). B24 had 30,416 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 901st 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: 4%** (2022). About 4% of people in B24 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: 94.4%** (January 2026). In B24, 94.4% 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: 52.5157, -1.8412

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

## Your MP

- [Birmingham Erdington](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birmingham-erdington): Paulette Hamilton (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=-1.8412,52.5157,B248QY

## How to cite

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