Property market
The five-year median is £218,000 from 5 recorded sales in B38 8RN. 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.
B38 8RN
King's Norton South · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- King's Norton South
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Postcode district
- B38
- Postcode sector
- B38 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B38 8RN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B38
- Postcode sector
- B38 8
- Latitude
- 52.406157
- Longitude
- -1.929333
- British National Grid easting
- 404,904
- British National Grid northing
- 278,684
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- King's Norton South · E05011149
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Northfield · E14001097
- Output area
- E00046227
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 123C · E01009119
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 123 · E02001949
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 B38
Property
19 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 31, Redditch Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 8RN | 1 November 2024 | £805,000 |
| 39, Redditch Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 8RN | 10 March 2023 | £200,000 |
| 37, Redditch Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B38 8RN | 9 December 2022 | £253,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 106
- Primary
- 59
- Secondary
- 18
- 252 m
Kings Norton Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 678 m
St Paul's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
- 779 m
Kings Norton Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,827
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,294
- Criminal damage and arson 273
- Vehicle crime 248
- Shoplifting 177
- Public order 159
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 70
- Postcode households
- 28
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- B38 8 residents
- 9,126
38 female, 32 male
Age bands in B38 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.9%
1,737 residents
1,041 residents
2,359 residents
2,474 residents
2,132 residents
This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B38 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
28
within 5 km
REA VALLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
66 REDDITCH ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8QS
ODS code M85600
198 m
WYCHALL LANE SURGERY
11 WYCHALL LANE, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 8TE
ODS code M85071
601 m
NORTHWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
10-12 MIDDLETON HALL ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B30 1BY
ODS code M85077
1.1 km
HAWKESLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
375 SHANNON ROAD, KINGS NORTON, BIRMINGHAM, B38 9TJ
ODS code M85043
1.3 km
DRUIDS HEATH SURGERY
27 POUND ROAD, DRUIDS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 5SB
ODS code M85136
2.1 km
WEST HEATH SURGERY
196 WEST HEATH ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 3HB
ODS code M85007
2.3 km
WOODLAND ROAD SURGERY
57 WOODLAND ROAD, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2HZ
ODS code M85047
2.3 km
COFTON MEDICAL CENTRE
2 ROBINSFIELD DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B31 4TU
ODS code M85086
3.0 km
MAYPOLE HEALTH SURGERY Y
10 SLADEPOOL FARM ROAD, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 5DJ
ODS code M85179
3.1 km
COLLEGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, 1 BRISTOL ROAD SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM, B31 2GH
ODS code M85029
3.1 km
RIVER BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
3 RIVER BROOK DRIVE, STIRCHLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B30 2SH
ODS code M85156
3.2 km
ST HELIERS MEDICAL PRACTICE
15 ST. HELIERS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1QT
ODS code M85030
3.2 km
FEATHERSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE
158 ALCESTER ROAD SOUTH, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 6AA
ODS code M85693
3.4 km
KINGSFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
146 ALCESTER ROAD SOUTH, KINGS HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B14 6AA
ODS code M85037
3.4 km
SELLY OAK HEALTH CENTRE
15 KATIE ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 6JG
ODS code M85055
3.6 km
HOLLYWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
BEAUDESERT ROAD, HOLLYWOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B47 5DP
ODS code M81064
3.7 km
SHENLEY GREEN SURGERY
22 SHENLEY GREEN, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 4HH
ODS code M85062
3.8 km
MOOR GREEN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
339 MOOR GREEN LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B13 8QS
ODS code M85733
3.8 km
WEOLEY PARK SURGERY
112 WEOLEY PARK ROAD, SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM, B29 5HA
ODS code M85056
4.0 km
DOSKI MEDICAL PRACTICE
101 HOLLOWAY, NORTHFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, B31 1TR
ODS code M85730
4.0 km
Showing 20 of 28 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
Old Oak Road
BCT · Pool Farm
- 0.1 miles
Old Oak Road
BCT · Pool Farm
- 0.1 miles
Stone Close
BCT · Kings Norton
- 0.1 miles
The Green
BCT · Kings Norton
- 0.1 miles
Stone Close
BCT · Kings Norton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 123C, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
13,301 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 6 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
- 1
- 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
106 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 18 secondary schools. Kings Norton Primary School is the nearest published school at 252 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,827 published events cover 12 months, averaging 235.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,294 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.