# B42 1JH: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B42 1JH 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 B42 1JH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b42) › [B42 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b42-1)

## Around this postcode

- **62 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 22% on July. Birmingham 016A: 42 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **Hamstead (Birmingham), 640 m**: About 8 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **No property in B42 1JH 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=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 016A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 330 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B42 1JH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **Low road and rail noise at B42 1JH**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% 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=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH
- **13.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Mark's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marks-catholic-primary-school-e148973) | Primary | 350 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Dorrington Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dorrington-academy-e138218) | Primary | 690 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Calshot Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/calshot-primary-school-e103391) | Primary | 840 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ferndale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ferndale-primary-school-e103982) | Primary | 840 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Perry Beeches Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/perry-beeches-nursery-school-e103123) | Nursery | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade, serious weaknesses | – |
| [Arena Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/arena-academy-e145580) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 42.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Beeches Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beeches-primary-school-e103163) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Priestley Smith School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/priestley-smith-school-e103614) | Special | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £255,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| November 2025 | £325,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| September 2025 | £325,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| March 2026 | £310,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| September 2025 | £231,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| November 2025 | £217,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| March 2025 | £325,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| September 2025 | £56,177 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Hamstead (Birmingham) (640 m, 8 minutes on foot)
- Pharmacies: WELL (320 m); HAMSTEAD PHARMACY (570 m)
- Dental practices: WALSALL ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (690 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Walsall Road Great Barr (330 m, Central England Co-operative); Lidl Birmingham Hamstead (790 m, Lidl)

## 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 016A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 18.3** (2025). Birmingham 016A has a deprivation score of 18.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 16,045th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £230,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Birmingham 016A was £230,500 in 2025. Joint 9,694th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,662** (2021). Birmingham 016A had 1,662 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,141st 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: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 016A, 100.0% 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.

## B42 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B42 was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 517th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 25,460** (2021). B42 had 25,460 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,148th most 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: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in B42 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: 98.8%** (January 2026). In B42, 98.8% 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: 52.5360, -1.9240

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

## Your MP

- [Birmingham Perry Barr](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birmingham-perry-barr): Ayoub Khan (Independent), 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=-1.9240,52.5360,B421JH

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