B30
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Cotteridge and Lifford, 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 B30 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B30, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B30 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B30 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B30 at a rate of 102.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 243 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B30.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,112), other crime (458) and shoplifting (351).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B30 was 101.9 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 B30, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B30 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B30
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 099A | 1,544 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.5% |
| Birmingham 107A | 1,574 | 61.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Birmingham 107B | 1,489 | 190.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 107C | 1,452 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 107D | 1,459 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 112A | 1,410 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| Birmingham 112B | 1,767 | 216.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| Birmingham 112C | 1,675 | 112.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
| Birmingham 112D | 1,414 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 112E | 1,604 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| Birmingham 113A | 1,428 | 298.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 113B | 1,432 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Birmingham 116A | 1,732 | 31.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
| Birmingham 116B | 1,544 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 116C | 1,413 | 155.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| Birmingham 118D | 1,479 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| Birmingham 123A | 1,560 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
MPs for B30
- Al CarnsLabourMP for Birmingham Selly Oak92% of B30’s postcodes
- Laurence TurnerLabourMP for Birmingham Northfield8.4% of B30’s postcodes
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 B304
Postcode sectors in B304
Council1
Towns in B301
Postcode districts next to B305
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B30 in brief
B30 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Cotteridge and Lifford, in Birmingham.
About 29,019 people lived in B30 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 385 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 102.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B30 was £275,000 in 2025.
B30 had 28,756 usual residents at the census.
In B30, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B30, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.