# B26 3YG: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B26 3YG 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 3YG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b26) › [B26 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b26-3)

## Around this postcode

- **38 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 37% on July. Birmingham 069B: 147 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **Marston Green, 1.6 km**: About 19 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **7 of 56 properties in B26 3YG at medium risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Also 14 at low risk, 8 at very low risk. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 2. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 069B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B26 3YG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **Low road and rail noise at B26 3YG**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **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=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG
- **15.7 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Stanville Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanville-primary-school-e103257) | Primary | 130 m (2 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Elms Farm Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/elms-farm-community-primary-school-e103381) | Primary | 320 m (4 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/king-edward-vi-sheldon-heath-academy-e136152) | Secondary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | Attainment 8 of 45.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Thomas More Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-more-catholic-primary-school-e147017) | Primary | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2024 | 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Mapledene Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mapledene-primary-school-e134094) | Primary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2022 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Garretts Green Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/garretts-green-nursery-school-e103122) | Nursery | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, July 2024 | – |
| [Lyndon Green Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lyndon-green-infant-school-e103229) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, April 2024 | – |
| [Brays School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brays-school-e144042) | Special | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2026 | £233,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| October 2025 | £220,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| April 2026 | £253,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| June 2026 | £225,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| April 2026 | £256,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| February 2026 | £205,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| January 2026 | £218,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| September 2025 | £260,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: THE SHELDON MEDICAL CENTRE (180 m); CHURCH ROAD SURGERY (430 m); DOWNSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE (580 m); CRANES PARK ROAD SURGERY (650 m)
- Pharmacies: PAN PHARMACY (160 m); PAN PHARMACY (520 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Church Road Lyndon Green Birmingham (180 m, Central England Co-operative)

## 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 069B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 36.3** (2025). Birmingham 069B has a deprivation score of 36.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,675th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Birmingham 069B was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 8,379th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,946** (2021). Birmingham 069B had 1,946 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 6,255th 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: 98.9%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 069B, 98.9% 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: 52.4620, -1.7770

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=-1.7770,52.4620,B263YG

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