# B26 2QR: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B26 2QR 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 B26 2QR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b26) › [B26 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b26-2)

## Around this postcode

- **38 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 16% on July. Birmingham 072B: 51 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **Lea Hall, 1.6 km**: About 20 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 420 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **No property in B26 2QR 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=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 072B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 340 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 660 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B26 2QR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **Low road and rail noise at B26 2QR**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **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=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR
- **12.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Garretts Green Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/garretts-green-nursery-school-e103122) | Nursery | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, July 2024 | – |
| [King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/king-edward-vi-sheldon-heath-academy-e136152) | Secondary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | Attainment 8 of 45.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Cockshut Hill School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cockshut-hill-school-e142388) | Secondary | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | Attainment 8 of 41.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Stanville Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanville-primary-school-e103257) | Primary | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-blakenhale-junior-e139129) | Primary | 840 m (11 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lyndon Green Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lyndon-green-infant-school-e103229) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, April 2024 | – |
| [Elms Farm Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/elms-farm-community-primary-school-e103381) | Primary | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lyndon Green Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lyndon-green-junior-school-e103228) | Primary | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2025 | £195,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| July 2025 | £190,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| February 2026 | £377,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| July 2026 | £265,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| December 2025 | £310,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| August 2024 | £195,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| August 2024 | £194,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| February 2026 | £300,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: GARRETTS GREEN LANE SURGERY (340 m); DOWNSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE (410 m); THE SHELDON MEDICAL CENTRE (820 m); CHURCH ROAD SURGERY (860 m)
- Pharmacies: PAN PHARMACY (430 m); PAN PHARMACY (680 m); PAN PHARMACY (860 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Church Road Lyndon Green Birmingham (660 m, Central England Co-operative); Tesco Yardley Express (760 m, Tesco)

## 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 072B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 19.5** (2025). Birmingham 072B has a deprivation score of 19.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,058th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £242,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Birmingham 072B was £242,500 in 2025. Joint 10,780th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,735** (2021). Birmingham 072B had 1,735 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 12,144th 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: 99.7%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 072B, 99.7% 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.

## B26 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £245,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B26 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: 33,754** (2021). B26 had 33,754 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 716th 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 B26 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: 97.6%** (January 2026). In B26, 97.6% 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: 52.4660, -1.7856

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

## Your MP

- [Birmingham Yardley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birmingham-yardley): Jess Phillips (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=-1.7856,52.4660,B262QR

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