Birmingham
Birmingham has 1,144,919 residents in 423,455 households (Census 2021); 23% are aged 15–29 and 46% of households rent their home. Over the past two years homes sold for a median of £240,000, from £172,000 in Lozells to £540,000 in Sutton Four Oaks.
Six maps of Birmingham.
Every dot is a residential postcode. Each map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, Aug 2026 · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · © OpenStreetMap contributors · English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG · data.police.uk · Ofcom Connected Nations 2025
All 69 wards at a glance.
Colour shows where each ward sits among Birmingham's wards for that measure, from lowest to highest. Select a ward for its full report.
| Ward | Median price | Green 500 m | Services 15 min | Aged 15–29 | Owner-occupied | Flats | Nearest tram or rail | Gigabit | Crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acocks Green | £230k | 13% | 111 | 20% | 53% | 13% | 681 m | 98% | 143 |
| Allens Cross | £220k | 16% | 81 | 19% | 56% | 6% | 1.4 km | 99% | 85 |
| Alum Rock | £180k | 5% | 117 | 27% | 50% | 10% | 946 m | 96% | 84 |
| Aston | £174k | 10% | 116 | 25% | 47% | 12% | 687 m | 97% | 121 |
| Balsall Heath West | £227k | 12% | 217 | 27% | 36% | 30% | 1.3 km | 94% | 99 |
| Bartley Green | £210k | 27% | 44 | 19% | 48% | 19% | 3.7 km | 98% | 108 |
| Billesley | £235k | 22% | 67 | 18% | 59% | 17% | 1.1 km | 98% | 83 |
| Birchfield | £213k | 8% | 87 | 25% | 35% | 25% | 950 m | 92% | 111 |
| Bordesley & Highgate | £220k | 5% | 415 | 33% | 24% | 61% | 525 m | 84% | 382 |
| Bordesley Green | £178k | 8% | 189 | 24% | 38% | 19% | 820 m | 97% | 149 |
| Bournbrook & Selly Park | £272k | 18% | 156 | 63% | 34% | 9% | 753 m | 89% | 105 |
| Bournville & Cotteridge | £340k | 14% | 109 | 19% | 52% | 21% | 800 m | 94% | 131 |
| Brandwood & King's Heath | £300k | 12% | 158 | 17% | 64% | 15% | 853 m | 98% | 140 |
| Bromford & Hodge Hill | £230k | 18% | 60 | 22% | 60% | 17% | 2.0 km | 99% | 119 |
| Castle Vale | £194k | 14% | 47 | 19% | 35% | 29% | 3.0 km | 93% | 145 |
| Druids Heath & Monyhull | £235k | 26% | 46 | 19% | 51% | 27% | 2.1 km | 96% | 87 |
| Edgbaston | £323k | 13% | 148 | 37% | 47% | 52% | 950 m | 77% | 90 |
| Erdington | £240k | 21% | 88 | 18% | 53% | 29% | 697 m | 98% | 131 |
| Frankley Great Park | £213k | 14% | 49 | 19% | 49% | 11% | 2.0 km | 98% | 99 |
| Garretts Green | £221k | 11% | 48 | 22% | 48% | 15% | 962 m | 97% | 118 |
| Glebe Farm & Tile Cross | £205k | 18% | 53 | 20% | 49% | 13% | 884 m | 99% | 147 |
| Gravelly Hill | £195k | 11% | 60 | 23% | 42% | 27% | 727 m | 94% | 168 |
| Hall Green North | £275k | 6% | 85 | 21% | 69% | 9% | 712 m | 96% | 91 |
| Hall Green South | £315k | 8% | 68 | 17% | 79% | 5% | 795 m | 98% | 44 |
| Handsworth | £200k | 10% | 106 | 24% | 46% | 9% | 1.0 km | 98% | 157 |
| Handsworth Wood | £260k | 16% | 46 | 23% | 61% | 17% | 1.1 km | 98% | 83 |
| Harborne | £325k | 12% | 114 | 21% | 50% | 29% | 1.7 km | 96% | 137 |
| Heartlands | £210k | 16% | 103 | 25% | 49% | 11% | 1.2 km | 100% | 144 |
| Highter's Heath | £236k | 12% | 53 | 18% | 68% | 9% | 2.1 km | 96% | 129 |
| Holyhead | £176k | 7% | 69 | 22% | 42% | 8% | 685 m | 98% | 172 |
| King's Norton North | £256k | 21% | 59 | 18% | 61% | 16% | 1.1 km | 96% | 115 |
| King's Norton South | £215k | 17% | 47 | 18% | 46% | 21% | 1.7 km | 97% | 103 |
| Kingstanding | £206k | 37% | 103 | 20% | 55% | 7% | 2.8 km | 98% | 106 |
| Ladywood | £213k | 7% | 710 | 44% | 18% | 83% | 252 m | 85% | 444 |
| Longbridge & West Heath | £225k | 14% | 58 | 18% | 57% | 23% | 796 m | 97% | 123 |
| Lozells | £172k | 5% | 112 | 25% | 37% | 17% | 1.3 km | 97% | 127 |
| Moseley | £281k | 13% | 173 | 20% | 52% | 31% | 731 m | 91% | 117 |
| Nechells | £244k | 8% | 107 | 31% | 18% | 55% | 609 m | 87% | 258 |
| Newtown | £242k | 9% | 255 | 42% | 17% | 61% | 646 m | 87% | 127 |
| North Edgbaston | £262k | 15% | 116 | 26% | 39% | 20% | 1.6 km | 96% | 136 |
| Northfield | £265k | 10% | 83 | 17% | 70% | 15% | 759 m | 95% | 129 |
| Oscott | £210k | 53% | 89 | 18% | 68% | 7% | 2.9 km | 100% | 79 |
| Perry Barr | £223k | 37% | 87 | 19% | 70% | 7% | 1.0 km | 98% | 152 |
| Perry Common | £214k | 17% | 81 | 19% | 52% | 13% | 1.9 km | 98% | 106 |
| Pype Hayes | £237k | 18% | 57 | 17% | 53% | 9% | 1.9 km | 93% | 142 |
| Quinton | £266k | 14% | 60 | 17% | 63% | 12% | 3.1 km | 99% | 88 |
| Rubery & Rednal | £220k | 16% | 72 | 18% | 58% | 23% | 1.9 km | 96% | 118 |
| Shard End | £210k | 23% | 57 | 18% | 45% | 18% | 2.0 km | 99% | 116 |
| Sheldon | £250k | 15% | 71 | 19% | 68% | 16% | 1.9 km | 99% | 124 |
| Small Heath | £200k | 13% | 155 | 26% | 57% | 5% | 1.2 km | 99% | 71 |
| Soho & Jewellery Quarter | £205k | 7% | 198 | 31% | 27% | 44% | 395 m | 87% | 213 |
| South Yardley | £230k | 14% | 88 | 18% | 63% | 14% | 1.2 km | 98% | 114 |
| Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East | £175k | 8% | 237 | 25% | 43% | 13% | 850 m | 97% | 133 |
| Sparkhill | £200k | 11% | 161 | 25% | 58% | 7% | 1.2 km | 98% | 94 |
| Stirchley | £263k | 18% | 146 | 19% | 61% | 7% | 512 m | 97% | 125 |
| Stockland Green | £186k | 20% | 64 | 21% | 48% | 22% | 1.1 km | 98% | 136 |
| Sutton Four Oaks | £540k | 14% | 47 | 15% | 81% | 23% | 745 m | 71% | 41 |
| Sutton Mere Green | £420k | 9% | 68 | 13% | 79% | 18% | 541 m | 92% | 53 |
| Sutton Reddicap | £290k | 19% | 54 | 17% | 64% | 22% | 1.9 km | 96% | 100 |
| Sutton Roughley | £400k | 7% | 41 | 14% | 81% | 7% | 1.7 km | 93% | 34 |
| Sutton Trinity | £350k | 43% | 145 | 15% | 75% | 21% | 644 m | 90% | 124 |
| Sutton Vesey | £361k | 45% | 76 | 14% | 79% | 13% | 1.2 km | 96% | 80 |
| Sutton Walmley & Minworth | £338k | 25% | 45 | 14% | 79% | 15% | 2.4 km | 91% | 68 |
| Sutton Wylde Green | £425k | 65% | 63 | 14% | 84% | 17% | 716 m | 97% | 106 |
| Tyseley & Hay Mills | £205k | 10% | 90 | 21% | 46% | 13% | 537 m | 98% | 141 |
| Ward End | £195k | 15% | 112 | 26% | 55% | 9% | 1.6 km | 98% | 105 |
| Weoley & Selly Oak | £240k | 16% | 56 | 26% | 47% | 19% | 2.0 km | 97% | 87 |
| Yardley East | £250k | 15% | 65 | 19% | 67% | 19% | 1.2 km | 99% | 82 |
| Yardley West & Stechford | £220k | 20% | 79 | 22% | 53% | 14% | 1.1 km | 98% | 157 |
Sources: Census 2021 · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales to 28 Aug 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors · data.police.uk
Prices.
Quarterly median of all standard residential sales in Birmingham. The latest quarter is still being registered.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales to 28 Aug 2026
Safety.
Police recorded 146,681 crimes and incidents in Birmingham in the 12 months to Aug 2026, 128 per 1,000 residents.
Police.uk records crimes by approximate location, not by where victims or offenders live. Busy streets, shops, stations and nightlife record more. Figures are counts, not a measure of personal risk.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, West Midlands Police (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Road safety.
Injury collisions reported to the police in Birmingham each year, 2021–2025: 2,139 of them with a serious or fatal injury.
Counts include only collisions involving personal injury that were reported to the police. Most happen on main roads and at junctions, so a count near a postcode reflects the traffic passing through, not the risk of any one journey.
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Food hygiene.
Food businesses in Birmingham with a published hygiene rating.
Council food safety officers rate businesses from 0 (urgent improvement necessary) to 5 (very good) for hygiene, the state of the premises and how food safety is managed. A rating reflects the standards found on the day of inspection, not the quality of the food.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene rating data as of 26 October 2026 (Open Government Licence)
Broadband.
Share of homes in Birmingham that can get each type of fixed broadband, July 2025.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, fixed broadband coverage of residential premises, July 2025. © Ofcom copyright
Deprivation, in context.
282 of Birmingham's 659 neighbourhoods are in the most deprived tenth of England on the 2025 index.
The English Indices of Deprivation rank 33,755 small areas from 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived). They describe areas relative to each other, not every household in them.
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG
Wards of Birmingham.
Every ward has its own page with all of its postcodes.