Property market
The five-year median is £182,500 from 2 recorded sales in B12 8SH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Birmingham is £234,150 in June 2026, up 2.2% year on year.
B12 8SH
Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
- Postcode district
- B12
- Postcode sector
- B12 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B12 8SH
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B12
- Postcode sector
- B12 8
- Latitude
- 52.455625
- Longitude
- -1.879854
- British National Grid easting
- 408,261
- British National Grid northing
- 284,191
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
- E00047516
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 083C · E01009377
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 083 · E02001909
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore B12
Property
8 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 152, Clifton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 8SH | 25 August 2023 | £200,000 |
| 144, Clifton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 8SH | 11 November 2021 | £165,000 |
| 164, Clifton Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 8SH | 31 May 2012 | £145,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 213
- Primary
- 104
- Secondary
- 34
- 126 m
St Paul's School
Other independent special school
- 172 m
Clifton Primary School
Community school
- 372 m
Nelson Mandela School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,748
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,630
- Vehicle crime 642
- Criminal damage and arson 633
- Other theft 497
- Public order 444
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 83
- Postcode households
- 23
- Residents per household
- 3.6
- B12 8 residents
- 8,668
44 female, 39 male
Age bands in B12 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 26.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 18.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.6%
2,222 residents
1,566 residents
2,473 residents
1,524 residents
637 residents
This postcode contained 1% 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- 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
69
within 5 km
NEWPORT MEDICAL GROUP
NEWPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE, 1 NEWPORT ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 8QE
ODS code M85164
376 m
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE (S)
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85766
592 m
DR WALJI AND COLLEAGUES
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CTR, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85128
592 m
FIRSTCARE PRACTICE
BALSALL HEATH HEALTH CENTRE, 43 EDWARD ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9LP
ODS code M85051
592 m
WEATHER OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
35 WARWICK ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4RA
ODS code M85153
850 m
STRENSHAM ROAD SURGERY
4 STRENSHAM ROAD, BALSALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B12 9RR
ODS code M85783
886 m
THE BALAJI SURGERY, THE SPARKBROOK CHC
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85794
975 m
THE BROOK SURGERY
34 GRANTHAM ROAD, SPARKBROOK, BIRMINGHAM, B11 1LU
ODS code M85174
975 m
WAKE GREEN SURGERY
7 WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9HD
ODS code M85074
1.1 km
HIGHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGHGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0YA
ODS code M85713
1.1 km
THE WAND MEDICAL CENTRE
15 FRANK STREET, HIGHGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B12 0UF
ODS code M85084
1.1 km
FERNLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
560 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4AN
ODS code M85116
1.1 km
MOSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
2-2B WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM, B13 9EZ
ODS code M85021
1.2 km
GREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
50 PERCY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B11 3ND
ODS code M85735
1.5 km
THE KHATTAK MEMORIAL SURGERY
309 BOLTON ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0AU
ODS code M85146
1.7 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE
COOKSEY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0BS
ODS code M85024
1.8 km
BELLEVUE MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BELLEVUE, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7LX
ODS code M85124
1.8 km
SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL PRACT
739-741 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4DG
ODS code M85756
1.8 km
OAKWOOD SURGERY
SPARKHILL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW
ODS code M85078
1.9 km
SPRINGFIELD SURGERY
SPARKHILL PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 856 STRATFORD ROAD, SPARKHILL, BIRMINGHAM, B11 4BW
ODS code M85774
1.9 km
Showing 20 of 69 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Balsall Heath Park
BCT · Balsall Heath
- 0.2 miles
Balsall Heath Park
BCT · Balsall Heath
- 0.3 miles
Brunswick Road
BCT · Sparkbrook
- 0.3 miles
Moseley Rd Baths
BCT · Balsall Heath
- 0.3 miles
Brunswick Road
BCT · Sparkbrook
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 083C, 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
194 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 4
- 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
213 open schools are in scope, including 104 primary and 34 secondary schools. St Paul's School is the nearest published school at 126 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
7,748 published events cover 12 months, averaging 645.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,630 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.