B90
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Solihull, Shirley Street and Shirley Heath, in Solihull.
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 B90 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In B90, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How B90 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B90 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B90 at a rate of 80.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across B.
In August 2026 alone, 388 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B90.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (1,302), violence and sexual offences (1,149) and other crime (608).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B90 was 74.0 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 B90, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B90 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B90
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromsgrove 005B | 1,655 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.5% |
| Solihull 018A | 1,927 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 018B | 1,448 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Solihull 018C | 1,740 | 95.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 018D | 1,366 | 150.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 018E | 1,485 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Solihull 018F | 1,771 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 021A | 1,341 | 234.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Solihull 021B | 1,569 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Solihull 021C | 2,009 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.5% |
| Solihull 021D | 1,386 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Solihull 022C | 1,746 | 403.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 022D | 1,730 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Solihull 022E | 1,774 | 99.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Solihull 023A | 1,574 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Solihull 023B | 1,529 | 19.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 023C | 1,439 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Solihull 023D | 1,540 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 027A | 1,258 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 027B | 1,158 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Solihull 027C | 1,509 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Solihull 027D | 1,488 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Solihull 029A | 1,503 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.9% |
| Solihull 029B | 2,785 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.0% |
| Solihull 029D | 1,895 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.9% |
| Solihull 029F | 1,561 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.8% |
| Solihull 029G | 2,761 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.3% |
| Solihull 030A | 1,666 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 030B | 1,247 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Solihull 030C | 1,519 | 19.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 030D | 2,297 | 278.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
MPs for B90
- Dr Neil Shastri-HurstConservativeMP for Solihull West and Shirley97% of B90’s postcodes
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove3.4% of B90’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.
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B90 in brief
B90 is a postcode district covering Solihull, Shirley Street and Shirley Heath, in Solihull.
About 52,569 people lived in B90 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £345,000 in 2025 across 851 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 80.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B90 was £345,000 in 2025.
B90 had 49,626 usual residents at the census.
In B90, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In B90, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.