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B12 8JY

Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East · Birmingham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Birmingham
Ward
Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East
Local authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Postcode district
B12
Postcode sector
B12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B12 8BY 45 m
B12 8LB 47 m
B12 8BX 50 m
B12 8LD 51 m
B12 8BT 76 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B12 8JY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B12
Postcode sector
B12 8
Latitude
52.453807
Longitude
-1.877622
British National Grid easting
408,413
British National Grid northing
283,989

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Birmingham · E08000025
Electoral ward
Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East · E05011170
Parish or community
E43000250
Westminster constituency
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley · E14001094
Output area
E00047564
Lower layer super output area
Birmingham 083E · E01009399
Middle layer super output area
Birmingham 083 · E02001909

Postcode source versions

Explore B12

Property

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26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
306, Ladypool Road, Birmingham, B12 8JY 19 June 2020 £232,000
318, Ladypool Road, Birmingham, B12 8JY 30 July 2019 £170,000
324, Ladypool Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B12 8JY 10 August 2017 £196,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
206
Primary
102
Secondary
33

  1. Clifton Primary School

    Community school

    279 m

  2. Green Oak Academy

    Other independent school

    314 m

  3. Anderton Park Primary School

    Community school

    328 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7,592
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,592
  • Criminal damage and arson 621
  • Vehicle crime 609
  • Other theft 492
  • Public order 432

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

6 female, 11 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
1.9
B12 8 residents
8,668

Age bands in B12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
26.4%

2,222 residents

Age 15 to 24
18.6%

1,566 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.4%

2,473 residents

Age 45 to 64
18.1%

1,524 residents

Age 65 and over
7.6%

637 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B12 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
97.2%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
94.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
94.4%
Gigabit-capable
94.4%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
97.2%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

73

within 5 km straight-line

  • NEWPORT MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 NEWPORT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8QE

    ODS code M85164

    221 m

  • WEATHER OAK MEDICAL CENTRE

    35 WARWICK ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4RA

    ODS code M85153

    769 m

  • BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)

    BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP

    ODS code M85766

    815 m

  • DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES

    BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP

    ODS code M85128

    815 m

  • FIRSTCARE PRACTICE

    BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP

    ODS code M85051

    815 m

  • FERNLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    560 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4AN

    ODS code M85116

    921 m

  • WAKE GREEN SURGERY

    7 WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9HD

    ODS code M85074

    940 m

  • STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY

    4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR

    ODS code M85783

    1.0 km

  • MOSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2-2B WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EZ

    ODS code M85021

    1.0 km

  • THE BALAJI SURGERY, THE SPARKBROOK CHC

    34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU

    ODS code M85794

    1.1 km

  • THE BROOK SURGERY

    34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU

    ODS code M85174

    1.1 km

  • GREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    50 PERCY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B11 3ND

    ODS code M85735

    1.4 km

  • HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA

    ODS code M85713

    1.4 km

  • THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE

    15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF

    ODS code M85084

    1.4 km

  • SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL PRACT

    739-741 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4DG

    ODS code M85756

    1.6 km

  • OAKWOOD SURGERY

    SPARKHILL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW

    ODS code M85078

    1.6 km

  • SPRINGFIELD SURGERY

    SPARKHILL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW

    ODS code M85774

    1.6 km

  • THE HILL GENERAL PRACTICE & UCC

    856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW

    ODS code Y02620

    1.6 km

  • THE HILL GP PRACTICE

    SPARKHILL PRIM CARE CTRE, 856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW

    ODS code Y05826

    1.6 km

  • THE KHATTAK MEMORIAL SURGERY

    309 BOLTON ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0AU

    ODS code M85146

    1.7 km

Showing 20 of 73 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Balsall Heath Park

    BCT · Balsall Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Balsall Heath Park

    BCT · Balsall Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Chesterton Road

    BCT · Balsall Heath

    0.2 miles

  • Chesterton Road

    BCT · Balsall Heath

    0.2 miles

  • Brunswick Road

    BCT · Sparkbrook

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 083E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

1 of 10

Overall England rank

363 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
7
Low risk addresses
16
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

206 open schools are in scope, including 102 primary and 33 secondary schools. Clifton Primary School is the nearest published school at 279 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

7,592 published events cover 12 months, averaging 632.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,592 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.