Property market
The five-year median is £240,000 from 3 recorded sales in B20 2EX. 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.
B20 2EX
Handsworth · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Handsworth
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Postcode district
- B20
- Postcode sector
- B20 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B20 2EX
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B20
- Postcode sector
- B20 2
- Latitude
- 52.510496
- Longitude
- -1.930891
- British National Grid easting
- 404,787
- British National Grid northing
- 290,290
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Handsworth · E05011142
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr · E14001098
- Output area
- E00047051
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 034C · E01009270
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 034 · E02001860
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 B20
Property
7 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 196, Grove Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2EX | 13 June 2025 | £235,000 |
| 194, Grove Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2EX | 17 March 2025 | £240,000 |
| 166, Grove Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2EX | 25 August 2023 | £260,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 180
- Primary
- 99
- Secondary
- 34
- 417 m
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
Academy converter
- 441 m
William Murdoch Primary School
Community school
- 542 m
Rookery School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 8,168
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,925
- Vehicle crime 648
- Criminal damage and arson 571
- Other theft 473
- Public order 435
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 50
- Postcode households
- 20
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- B20 2 residents
- 12,215
20 female, 30 male
Age bands in B20 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.5%
2,388 residents
1,595 residents
3,450 residents
2,945 residents
1,343 residents
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B20 2 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
58
within 5 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
867 m
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
867 m
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
867 m
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
867 m
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
920 m
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
1.0 km
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
1.1 km
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
1.3 km
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
1.3 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
1.5 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
1.6 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
1.7 km
RAYDOCS NEWTOWN
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 243 WHEELER STREET, NEWTOWN, BIRMINGHAM, B19 2ET
ODS code M85020
2.2 km
PERRY PARK SURGERY
291-293 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1TY
ODS code M85624
2.5 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
2.6 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
2.6 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
2.6 km
SUMMERFIELD GROUP PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y00492
2.6 km
TOWER HILL PARTNERSHIP
433 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1BT
ODS code M85019
2.6 km
HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE
94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD
ODS code M88041
2.7 km
Showing 20 of 58 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Antrobus Road
BCT · Handsworth Wood
- 0.1 miles
Antrobus Road
BCT · Handsworth Wood
- 0.1 miles
Handsworth Park
BCT · Handsworth Wood
- 0.1 miles
Handsworth Park
BCT · Handsworth Wood
- 0.2 miles
Holly Road
BCT · Handsworth
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 034C, 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
642 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
- 9
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- 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
180 open schools are in scope, including 99 primary and 34 secondary schools. King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy is the nearest published school at 417 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
8,168 published events cover 12 months, averaging 680.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,925 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.