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

B8 1QH 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 1QH 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

- **50 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 25% on July. Birmingham 048C: 61 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **Duddeston, 1.4 km**: About 18 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **2 of 53 properties in B8 1QH at low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 048C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **£234,867 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **8 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 230 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 740 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B8 1QH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **Low road and rail noise at B8 1QH**: Road 54 dB, rail 43 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **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=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH
- **19.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Highfield Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfield-nursery-school-e103125) | Nursery | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, November 2023 | – |
| [Highfield Junior and Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfield-junior-and-infant-school-e142570) | Primary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | 64% 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 | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Leigh Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leigh-primary-school-e140502) | Primary | 550 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rockwood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rockwood-academy-e138059) | Secondary | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | Attainment 8 of 40.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Nansen Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/nansen-primary-school-e138799) | Primary | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Adderley Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/adderley-nursery-school-e103140) | Nursery | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, April 2023 | – |
| [St Clement's Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-clements-church-of-england-academy-e138432) | Primary | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2024 | £140,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2025 | £134,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 30 m |
| January 2025 | £138,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| September 2025 | £162,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| September 2024 | £161,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| August 2025 | £195,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| May 2023 | £240,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| July 2024 | £103,221 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 220 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: GATE MEDICAL CENTRE (230 m); GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE (510 m); ALPHA MEDICAL PRACTICE (610 m); PAK HEALTH CENTRE (610 m); SALTLEY AND FERNBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE (630 m)
- Pharmacies: SALTLEY PHARMACY (230 m); PAK PHARMACY (610 m); ASIF'S PHARMACY (610 m); PAL PHARMACY (700 m); SOLOMON DISPENSING CHEMIST (750 m)
- Supermarkets: Costco Birmingham (740 m, Costco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £234,867** (August 2026). Birmingham’s average house price was £234,867 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 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 129th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 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 048C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 68.8** (2025). Birmingham 048C has a deprivation score of 68.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 332nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,745** (2021). Birmingham 048C had 1,745 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 11,748th 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: 98.8%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 048C, 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.
- **Claimant rate: 17.5%** (August 2026). In Birmingham 048C, 17.5% 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: 52.4962, -1.8550

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), August 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=-1.8550,52.4962,B81QH

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