# B38 8NH: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B38 8NH 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 B38 8NH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B38](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b38) › [B38 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b38-8)

## Around this postcode

- **39 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 28% on July. Birmingham 128D: 112 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **Northfield, 1.9 km**: About 24 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **No property in B38 8NH 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=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 128D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 590 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B38 8NH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **Low road and rail noise at B38 8NH**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **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=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH
- **10.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [New Ways School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-ways-school-e145417) | Independent | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Hawkesley Church Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hawkesley-church-primary-academy-e139269) | Primary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [West Heath Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-heath-primary-school-e134279) | Primary | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Fairway Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairway-primary-academy-e139484) | Primary | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St John Fisher Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-fisher-catholic-primary-school-e148266) | Primary | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ark Kings Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-kings-academy-e137578) | All-through | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [West Heath Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/west-heath-nursery-school-e103127) | Nursery | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2024 | – |
| [Wychall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wychall-primary-school-e142386) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £263,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2026 | £275,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| March 2025 | £266,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| December 2024 | £197,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| July 2025 | £180,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| July 2025 | £165,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| February 2024 | £40,800 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 170 m |
| July 2023 | £163,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE (590 m)
- Pharmacies: BROWNS PHARMACY (720 m)
- Dental practices: HAWKESLEY HEALTH CENTRE (590 m); HOUSE OF DENTAL (960 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Redditch Road (130 m, Spar); Aldi Tunnel Road Kings Norton (660 m, Aldi)

## 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 128D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 50.5** (2025). Birmingham 128D has a deprivation score of 50.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 2,273rd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Birmingham 128D was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 6,525th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,411** (2021). Birmingham 128D had 1,411 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,692nd least 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: 99.9%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 128D, 99.9% 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.

## B38 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £241,350** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B38 was £241,350 in 2025. 691st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 20,589** (2021). B38 had 20,589 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,333rd 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 B38 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: 95.9%** (January 2026). In B38, 95.9% 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: 52.3962, -1.9461

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

## Your MP

- [Birmingham Northfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birmingham-northfield): Laurence Turner (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=-1.9461,52.3962,B388NH

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