# B8 2SH: area report for a postcode in Birmingham

B8 2SH 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 2SH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) › [B8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b8) › [B8 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b8-2)

## Around this postcode

- **33 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 6% on July. Birmingham 048A: 157 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **Gravelly Hill, 2.1 km**: About 27 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 80 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **1 of 4 properties in B8 2SH at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Birmingham 048A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **£234,257 average price**: For the whole of Birmingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 960 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at B8 2SH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **Loud road and rail noise at B8 2SH**: Road 70 dB, rail 41 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **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=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH
- **19.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Heart of Birmingham Vocational College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heart-of-birmingham-vocational-college-e141435) | Special | 80 m (1 minute on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Ward End Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ward-end-primary-school-e103217) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hodge Hill College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hodge-hill-college-e103503) | Secondary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 44.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Braidwood School for the Deaf](https://openindex.co.uk/school/braidwood-school-for-the-deaf-e103611) | Special | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | – |
| [Hodge Hill Girls' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hodge-hill-girls-school-e103483) | Secondary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 50.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Hodge Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hodge-hill-primary-school-e143869) | Primary | 930 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sladefield Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sladefield-infant-school-e103255) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | – |
| [Washwood Heath Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/washwood-heath-nursery-school-e103132) | Nursery | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £200,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| October 2023 | £300,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| December 2025 | £245,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| February 2026 | £278,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| February 2026 | £215,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| August 2025 | £192,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| September 2025 | £260,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| March 2026 | £235,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 240 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: PEARL MEDICAL CENTRE (960 m); WARD END MEDICAL CENTRE (1 km)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (900 m); WARD END PHARMACY (960 m); JHOOTS PHARMACY (970 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (880 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 048A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 62.4** (2025). Birmingham 048A has a deprivation score of 62.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 771st most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 2,115** (2021). Birmingham 048A had 2,115 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 3,748th 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: 99.4%** (January 2026). In Birmingham 048A, 99.4% 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: 14.5%** (August 2026). In Birmingham 048A, 14.5% 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: 52.5019, -1.8298

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

## Your MP

- [Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/birmingham-hodge-hill-and-solihull-north): Liam Byrne (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=-1.8298,52.5019,B82SH

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