# B8 1HG: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B8 1HG 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 B8 1HG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b8) › [B8 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b8-1)

## Around this postcode

- **64 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 19% on July. Birmingham 052B: 72 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **Adderley Park, 360 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **8 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 200 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **No property in B8 1HG 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=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 052B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **10 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B8 1HG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **Low road and rail noise at B8 1HG**: Road 54 dB, rail 40 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **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=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG
- **16.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [R.Y.A.N Education Academy Vocational Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/r-y-a-n-education-academy-vocational-centre-e149528) | Special | 200 m (3 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [The Rosary Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-rosary-catholic-primary-school-e148439) | Primary | 390 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Adderley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/adderley-primary-school-e103159) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Adderley Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/adderley-nursery-school-e103140) | Nursery | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, April 2023 | – |
| [Parkfield Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkfield-community-school-e139162) | Primary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), October 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Saviour's C of E Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-saviours-c-of-e-primary-school-e103406) | Primary | 590 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bordesley-green-girls-school-and-sixth-form-e103493) | Secondary | 610 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2022 | Attainment 8 of 51.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Shaw Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shaw-hill-primary-school-e103157) | Primary | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, March 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2023 | £260,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| October 2023 | £125,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| February 2024 | £300,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| September 2024 | £240,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| October 2025 | £180,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| April 2026 | £90,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 200 m |
| December 2024 | £170,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |
| March 2026 | £245,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Adderley Park (360 m, 4 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: ALPHA MEDICAL PRACTICE (500 m); PAK HEALTH CENTRE (500 m); OAKLEAF (500 m); HAMD MEDICAL PRACTICE (500 m); ALUM ROCK MEDICAL CENTRE (550 m)
- Pharmacies: CARE SERVICES PHARMACY (350 m); MEDX PHARMACY (410 m); DISPHARMA CHEMIST (410 m); PAL PHARMACY (420 m); SOLOMON DISPENSING CHEMIST (440 m)

## 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 052B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 52.7** (2025). Birmingham 052B has a deprivation score of 52.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,910th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 2,777** (2021). Birmingham 052B had 2,777 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 321st 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: 94.2%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 052B, 94.2% 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: 14.9%** (August 2026). In Birmingham 052B, 14.9% 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.

## B8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £186,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B8 was £186,250 in 2025. Joint 292nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 46,136** (2021). B8 had 46,136 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 284th 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: 2%** (2022). About 2% of people in B8 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: 97.7%** (January 2026). In B8, 97.7% 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: 52.4863, -1.8562

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

## Your MP

- [Birmingham Ladywood](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birmingham-ladywood): Shabana Mahmood (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=-1.8562,52.4863,B81HG

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