B42
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Perry Beeches and Tower Hill, 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 B42 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B42, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B42 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B42 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B42 at a rate of 130.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 330 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B42.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,307), other crime (685) and shoplifting (416).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B42 was 121.5 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 B42, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B42 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B42
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 016A | 1,662 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 016B | 1,819 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 016C | 1,472 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Birmingham 016D | 1,557 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 016E | 1,557 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 019A | 1,465 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Birmingham 019B | 1,553 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 019C | 1,885 | 69.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 019D | 1,759 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 024A | 1,472 | 246.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 024B | 1,756 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Birmingham 024C | 1,524 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 024D | 1,781 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 024E | 2,072 | 325.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.1% |
| Birmingham 033F | 1,474 | 711.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
MPs for B42
- Ayoub KhanIndependentMP for Birmingham Perry Barr83% of B42’s postcodes
- Paulette HamiltonLabourMP for Birmingham Erdington14% of B42’s postcodes
- Sarah CoombesLabourMP for West Bromwich2.3% of B42’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 B423
Postcode sectors in B423
Council1
Towns in B421
Postcode districts next to B424
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B42 in brief
B42 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Perry Beeches and Tower Hill, in Birmingham.
About 26,087 people lived in B42 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 324 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 130.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B42 was £220,000 in 2025.
B42 had 25,460 usual residents at the census.
In B42, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B42, 9.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.