Property market
The five-year median is £256,500 from 8 recorded sales in B31 5BU. 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.
B31 5BU
Northfield · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Northfield
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Postcode district
- B31
- Postcode sector
- B31 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B31 5BU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B31
- Postcode sector
- B31 5
- Latitude
- 52.406284
- Longitude
- -1.980633
- British National Grid easting
- 401,414
- British National Grid northing
- 278,696
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Northfield · E05011158
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Northfield · E14001097
- Output area
- E00046757
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 124B · E01009207
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 124 · E02001950
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 B31
Property
40 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 40, Chelston Road, Birmingham, B31 5BU | 16 June 2026 | £275,000 |
| 16, Chelston Road, Birmingham, B31 5BU | 10 October 2024 | £182,000 |
| 52, Chelston Road, Birmingham, B31 5BU | 24 April 2024 | £345,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 90
- Primary
- 55
- Secondary
- 14
- 306 m
The Meadows Primary School
Academy converter
- 623 m
St Brigid's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
- 777 m
The Edge Academy
Free schools alternative provision
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,741
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,831
- Shoplifting 768
- Criminal damage and arson 363
- Vehicle crime 306
- Public order 293
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 76
- Postcode households
- 30
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- B31 5 residents
- 10,910
36 female, 40 male
Age bands in B31 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24%
- Age 65 and over
- 13%
2,498 residents
1,312 residents
3,187 residents
2,660 residents
1,448 residents
This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B31 5 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
21
within 5 km
ST HELIERS MEDICAL PRACTICE
15 ST. HELIERS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1QT
ODS code M85030
794 m
GREAT PARK MEDICAL GROUP
MANOR PARK GROVE, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 5ER
ODS code M85076
1.3 km
WOODLAND ROAD SURGERY
57 WOODLAND ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2HZ
ODS code M85047
1.3 km
WEST HEATH SURGERY
196 WEST HEATH ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 3HB
ODS code M85007
1.4 km
DOSKI MEDICAL PRACTICE
101 HOLLOWAY, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1TR
ODS code M85730
1.7 km
COFTON MEDICAL CENTRE
2 ROBINSFIELD DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B31 4TU
ODS code M85086
1.8 km
SHENLEY GREEN SURGERY
22 SHENLEY GREEN, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 4HH
ODS code M85062
2.3 km
LEACH HEATH MEDICAL CENTRE
32 LEACH HEATH LANE, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9BU
ODS code M85027
2.7 km
WYCHALL LANE SURGERY
11 WYCHALL LANE, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8TE
ODS code M85071
3.1 km
HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
375 SHANNON ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 9TJ
ODS code M85043
3.2 km
NEW ROAD SURGERY
104-106 NEW ROAD, RUBERY, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9HY
ODS code M81025
3.2 km
COLLEGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, 1 BRISTOL ROAD SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2GH
ODS code M85029
3.2 km
CORNHILL SURGERY
65 NEW ROAD, RUBERY, REDNAL, BIRMINGHAM, B45 9JT
ODS code M81055
3.3 km
REA VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
66 REDDITCH ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8QS
ODS code M85600
3.4 km
NORTHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
10-12 MIDDLETON HALL ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B30 1BY
ODS code M85077
3.4 km
JIGGINS LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
17 JIGGINS LANE, BARTLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B32 3LE
ODS code M85143
3.5 km
MILLENNIUM MEDICAL CENTRE
121 WEOLEY CASTLE ROAD, WEOLEY CASTLE, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5QD
ODS code M85023
3.6 km
BARTLEY GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
71 ROMSLEY ROAD, BARTLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B32 3PR
ODS code M85117
3.7 km
WEOLEY PARK SURGERY
112 WEOLEY PARK ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5HA
ODS code M85056
3.9 km
WOODGATE VALLEY HEALTH CENTRE
61 STEVENS AVENUE, WOODGATE, BIRMINGHAM, B32 3SD
ODS code M85035
4.1 km
Showing 20 of 21 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
- 0.1 miles
Hawkesley Mill Lane
BCT · Turves Green
- 0.1 miles
Hawkesley Mill Lane
BCT · Turves Green
- 0.2 miles
Hanging Lane
BCT · Allens Cross
- 0.2 miles
Hanging Lane
BCT · Allens Cross
- 0.2 miles
South Road
BCT · Turves Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 124B, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
24,801 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
- 0
- 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
90 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 14 secondary schools. The Meadows Primary School is the nearest published school at 306 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,741 published events cover 12 months, averaging 395.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,831 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.