Property market
The five-year median is £502,500 from 2 recorded sales in B21 9LR. 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.
B21 9LR
Handsworth · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Handsworth
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Postcode district
- B21
- Postcode sector
- B21 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B21 9LR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B21
- Postcode sector
- B21 9
- Latitude
- 52.503684
- Longitude
- -1.935616
- British National Grid easting
- 404,467
- British National Grid northing
- 289,532
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
- E00047418
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 039I · E01034921
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 039 · E02001865
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 B21
Property
19 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 234, Soho Road, Birmingham, B21 9LR | 13 October 2021 | £515,000 |
| 240, Soho Road, Birmingham, B21 9LR | 30 September 2021 | £490,000 |
| 196, Soho Road, Birmingham, B21 9LR | 3 April 2019 | £416,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 177
- Primary
- 97
- Secondary
- 34
- 195 m
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys
Academy converter
- 266 m
Grove School
Community school
- 312 m
Oasis Academy Boulton
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 8,883
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,199
- Vehicle crime 688
- Criminal damage and arson 628
- Other theft 518
- Public order 511
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 16
- Postcode households
- 3
- Residents per household
- 5.3
- B21 9 residents
- 10,708
7 female, 9 male
Age bands in B21 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 23.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 16.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 9.5%
2,632 residents
1,899 residents
3,345 residents
2,402 residents
1,076 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B21 9 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+
- 98.2%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 98.2%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 98.2%
- Gigabit-capable
- 98.2%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 98.2%
- 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
58
within 5 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
79 m
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
79 m
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
79 m
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
79 m
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACT.
4 TRAFALGAR ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9NH
ODS code M85082
448 m
HOLYHEAD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE
1 ST JAMES'S ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0HL
ODS code M85721
890 m
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
1.1 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
1.1 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
1.7 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
1.7 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
1.8 km
CAVENDISH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85642
1.8 km
DR KULSHRESTHA FAMILY PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code M85686
1.8 km
HEATH STREET HEALTH CENTRE
SUMMERFIELD PCC, 134 HEATH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y06378
1.8 km
SUMMERFIELD GROUP PRACTICE
SUMMERFIELD PRIM CARE CTR, 134 HEATH STREET, WINSON, BIRMINGHAM, B18 7AL
ODS code Y00492
1.8 km
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
1.9 km
CITY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
276 DUDLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B18 4HL
ODS code M85684
2.0 km
DRUID GROUP - EMC SURGERY
2A CAVENDISH ROAD, EDGBASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B16 0HZ
ODS code M85706
2.1 km
CAPE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
RAGLAN ROAD, SMETHWICK, B66 3NR
ODS code M88006
2.1 km
HAWTHORNS MEDICAL CENTRE
94 LEWISHAM ROAD, WARLEY, SMETHWICK, B66 2DD
ODS code M88041
2.2 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
- 0.0 miles
Boulton Road
BCT · Handsworth
- 0.1 miles
Grove Lane
BCT · Handsworth
- 0.1 miles
Soho Road
BCT · Handsworth
- 0.1 miles
Handsworth Grammar School
BCT · Handsworth
- 0.1 miles
Handsworth Grammar School
BCT · Handsworth
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 039I, 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
1,226 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 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
- 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
177 open schools are in scope, including 97 primary and 34 secondary schools. King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys is the nearest published school at 195 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
8,883 published events cover 12 months, averaging 740.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,199 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.