# B34 6HN: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B34 6HN 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 B34 6HN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b34) › [B34 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b34-6)

## Around this postcode

- **51 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 21% on July. Birmingham 045C: 129 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **Lea Hall, 1.7 km**: About 22 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 550 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **No property in B34 6HN 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=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 045C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 430 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B34 6HN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **Low road and rail noise at B34 6HN**: Road 45 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **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=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN
- **13.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Heathlands Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heathlands-primary-academy-e140890) | Primary | 550 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Brownmead Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brownmead-primary-academy-e141320) | Primary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Audley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/audley-primary-school-e143437) | Primary | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-and-st-margarets-church-of-england-aided-primary-school-e104097) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Beaufort School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beaufort-school-e151644) | Special | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Inadequate (overall), June 2023, before the school changed, special measures | – |
| [Colebourne Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colebourne-primary-school-e103263) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Firs Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/firs-primary-school-e143089) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-wilfrids-catholic-junior-and-infant-school-e148083) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | 34% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2023 | £75,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| October 2023 | £132,500 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| September 2024 | £180,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| December 2025 | £225,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| September 2023 | £177,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| July 2024 | £95,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 230 m |
| December 2024 | £215,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 240 m |
| October 2025 | £180,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 240 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: SCHOOLACRE ROAD SURGERY (430 m); BUCKLANDS END LANE SURGERY (620 m); THE HARLEQUIN SURGERY (920 m); CHURCH LANE - KHAN (970 m)
- Pharmacies: HEATHWAY PHARMACY (300 m); GLEBE PHARMACY (850 m); SHARD END PHARMACY (920 m); G GOULDING LTD (970 m); CHESTERS PHARMACY (980 m)
- Dental practices: SHARD END DENTAL PRACTICE (300 m); GLEBE FARM DENTAL CARE (850 m)
- Supermarkets: Heron Shard End (400 m, Heron); Spar - Castle Bromwich (820 m, Spar); Co-op Shard End (940 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 045C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 69.2** (2025). Birmingham 045C has a deprivation score of 69.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 313th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,676** (2021). Birmingham 045C had 1,676 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,550th 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: 99.6%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 045C, 99.6% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 11.3%** (August 2026). In Birmingham 045C, 11.3% 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.

## B34 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £212,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B34 was £212,750 in 2025. 476th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 20,606** (2021). B34 had 20,606 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,334th least 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 B34 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: 99.3%** (January 2026). In B34, 99.3% 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: 52.4958, -1.7914

Council: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birmingham-hodge-hill-and-solihull-north): Liam Byrne (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=-1.7914,52.4958,B346HN

## How to cite

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