# B27 7QX: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B27 7QX 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 B27 7QX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b27) › [B27 7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b27-7)

## Around this postcode

- **34 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 21% on July. Birmingham 103B: 82 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **Spring Road, 920 m**: About 11 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **No property in B27 7QX 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=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 103B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 670 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 760 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B27 7QX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **Low road and rail noise at B27 7QX**: Road 47 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **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=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX
- **11.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Oaklands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-oaklands-primary-school-e139183) | Primary | 370 m (5 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, March 2025 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ninestiles, an Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ninestiles-an-academy-e136406) | Secondary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | Attainment 8 of 46.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/archbishop-ilsley-catholic-school-e146124) | Secondary | 590 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met, special measures | Attainment 8 of 41.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Severne Junior Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/severne-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e103252) | Primary | 680 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Acocks Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/acocks-green-primary-school-e139443) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2024 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Al-Burhan Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/al-burhan-grammar-school-e134034) | Independent | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Holy Souls Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-souls-catholic-primary-school-e147009) | Primary | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lakey Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lakey-lane-primary-school-e150181) | Primary | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2023 | £185,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| March 2025 | £180,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| November 2025 | £177,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| August 2024 | £235,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| February 2023 | £185,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| July 2026 | £220,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| February 2026 | £258,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| June 2024 | £225,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Spring Road (920 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY (670 m); SWANSWELL MEDICAL CENTRE (990 m)
- Pharmacies: PHARMAROO PHARMACY (750 m); VILLAGE GREEN PHARMACY (880 m); A.G PHARMACY (890 m); GOSPEL LANE PHARMACY (890 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (610 m); VICTORIA ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (670 m); DENTAL SURGERY (720 m); DENTAL SURGERY (720 m); WHITECROSS DENTAL PRACTICE (800 m)
- Supermarkets: Asda Merestones Express Petrol (760 m, Asda); Lidl Acocks Green Birmingham (760 m, Lidl); Morrisons Acocks Green Birmingham (770 m, Morrisons); Farmfoods Acocks Green Birmingham (790 m, Farmfoods); Aldi Acocks Green Birmingham (810 m, Aldi)

## 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 103B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 41.6** (2025). Birmingham 103B has a deprivation score of 41.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,169th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,590** (2021). Birmingham 103B had 1,590 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,627th 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: 99.5%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 103B, 99.5% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 9.1%** (August 2026). In Birmingham 103B, 9.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## B27 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £217,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B27 was £217,750 in 2025. Joint 509th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 26,905** (2021). B27 had 26,905 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,086th 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 B27 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: 98.8%** (January 2026). In B27, 98.8% 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: 52.4396, -1.8254

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=-1.8254,52.4396,B277QX

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