B31
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Northfield and Longbridge, 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 B31 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B31, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B31 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B31 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B31 at a rate of 107.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 549 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B31.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,746), other crime (1,000) and shoplifting (737).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B31 was 110.4 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 B31, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B31 has no single figure. Of its 36 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B31
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 101A | 1,491 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 106C | 1,596 | 138.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 106D | 1,965 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.8% |
| Birmingham 106E | 1,312 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 109B | 1,474 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 109C | 1,796 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.4% |
| Birmingham 113C | 1,551 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.6% |
| Birmingham 116D | 2,093 | 127.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 119A | 1,466 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| Birmingham 119B | 1,755 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 119D | 1,707 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 119E | 1,746 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.1% |
| Birmingham 120A | 1,536 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.0% |
| Birmingham 120B | 1,517 | 178.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 120C | 1,443 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 120D | 1,624 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Birmingham 120E | 1,465 | 462.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.5% |
| Birmingham 124A | 1,604 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.8% |
| Birmingham 124B | 1,623 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.1% |
| Birmingham 124C | 1,689 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.6% |
| Birmingham 124D | 2,044 | 113.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 124E | 1,608 | 111.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Birmingham 125H | 1,864 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 126A | 2,073 | 161.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Birmingham 126B | 1,818 | 145.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Birmingham 126C | 1,774 | 187.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 126D | 1,648 | 139.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 126E | 1,815 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| Birmingham 129A | 2,256 | 104.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| Birmingham 129E | 1,297 | 357.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Birmingham 129F | 1,488 | 82.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Birmingham 131A | 1,319 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 131B | 1,440 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 131C | 1,486 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 131D | 2,066 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.1% |
| Birmingham 131E | 1,569 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
MPs for B31
- Laurence TurnerLabourMP for Birmingham Northfield85% of B31’s postcodes
- Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)MP for Birmingham Edgbaston11% of B31’s postcodes
- Al CarnsLabourMP for Birmingham Selly Oak4.3% of B31’s postcodes
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove0.4% of B31’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 B317
Postcode sectors in B316
Council1
Towns in B311
Postcode districts next to B316
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B31 in brief
B31 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Northfield and Longbridge, in Birmingham.
About 60,210 people lived in B31 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £232,000 in 2025 across 745 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 107.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B31 was £232,000 in 2025.
B31 had 58,822 usual residents at the census.
In B31, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B31, 7.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.