B32
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Ridgacre and Woodgate Valley, 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 B32 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B32, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B32 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B32 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B32 at a rate of 99.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 317 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B32.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,731), other crime (640) and criminal damage and arson (367).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B32 was 114.7 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 B32, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B32 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B32
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 073B | 1,630 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
| Birmingham 073E | 1,747 | 132.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.3% |
| Birmingham 080A | 1,595 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 080B | 1,715 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 080C | 1,490 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 080D | 1,602 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Birmingham 080E | 1,543 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 080F | 1,624 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 085A | 1,824 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 085B | 1,772 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Birmingham 085C | 1,941 | 111.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Birmingham 085D | 1,677 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 085E | 1,524 | 107.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 094A | 1,748 | 115.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 094B | 1,312 | 83.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Birmingham 094C | 1,446 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| Birmingham 094D | 1,447 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 094E | 1,700 | 115.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 095A | 1,640 | 146.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 102A | 1,247 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 102B | 1,516 | 136.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 102C | 1,176 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 102D | 1,303 | 123.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 102E | 1,576 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.9% |
| Birmingham 106F | 2,552 | 144.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
MPs for B32
- Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)MP for Birmingham Edgbaston97% of B32’s postcodes
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove1.8% of B32’s postcodes
- Laurence TurnerLabourMP for Birmingham Northfield1.1% of B32’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 B324
Postcode sectors in B325
Council1
Towns in B321
Postcode districts next to B327
Nearest rail stations3
More in the B postcode area2
B32 in brief
B32 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Ridgacre and Woodgate Valley, in Birmingham.
About 39,538 people lived in B32 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £233,000 in 2025 across 330 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B32 was £233,000 in 2025.
B32 had 39,262 usual residents at the census.
In B32, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B32, 8.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.