B37
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Chelmsley Wood and Fordbridge, in Solihull.
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 B37 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B37, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B37 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B37 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B37 at a rate of 147.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 502 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B37.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,114), other crime (887) and criminal damage and arson (691).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B37 was 138.6 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 B37, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B37 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 13 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B37
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solihull 004A | 1,689 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Solihull 005A | 1,674 | 128.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Solihull 005B | 1,602 | 115.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 005C | 1,846 | 112.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Solihull 005D | 1,538 | 106.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Solihull 006A | 1,881 | 390.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.7% |
| Solihull 006B | 1,646 | 257.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Solihull 006C | 1,085 | 198.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| Solihull 006D | 1,310 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Solihull 007A | 1,466 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Solihull 007B | 1,493 | 150.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.1% |
| Solihull 007C | 1,610 | 119.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Solihull 007D | 1,728 | 114.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.2% |
| Solihull 008A | 1,448 | 146.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.1% |
| Solihull 008B | 1,454 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Solihull 008C | 1,850 | 112.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.4% |
| Solihull 008D | 1,495 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.6% |
| Solihull 008E | 1,850 | 120.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.0% |
| Solihull 008F | 1,485 | 141.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Solihull 009A | 1,661 | 807.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 66.6% |
| Solihull 009B | 1,596 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.2% |
| Solihull 009C | 1,565 | 143.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Solihull 009D | 1,352 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% |
| Solihull 009E | 1,892 | 214.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
MPs for B37
- Saqib BhattiConservativeMP for Meriden and Solihull East95% of B37’s postcodes
- Liam ByrneLabourMP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North4.9% of B37’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.
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Council1
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Nearest rail stations4
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B37 in brief
B37 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Chelmsley Wood and Fordbridge, in Solihull.
About 37,704 people lived in B37 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £208,500 in 2025 across 310 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 147.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B37 was £208,500 in 2025.
B37 had 37,486 usual residents at the census.
In B37, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B37, 6.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.