Property market
The five-year median is £1,102,000 from 1 recorded sale in B42 1BY. 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.
B42 1BY
Perry Barr · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Perry Barr
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Postcode district
- B42
- Postcode sector
- B42 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B42 1BY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 2022
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B42
- Postcode sector
- B42 1
- Latitude
- 52.520112
- Longitude
- -1.901402
- British National Grid easting
- 406,787
- British National Grid northing
- 291,362
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Perry Barr · E05011160
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr · E14001098
- Output area
- E00046874
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 024E · E01009242
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 024 · E02001850
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 B42
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Seventh Trap, Regina Drive, Birmingham, B42 1BY | 17 March 2022 | £1,102,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 173
- Primary
- 98
- Secondary
- 29
- 409 m
Eden Boys' School, Birmingham
Free schools
- 492 m
Prince Albert High School
Free schools
- 829 m
Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth)
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,668
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,547
- Criminal damage and arson 514
- Public order 465
- Drugs 391
- Other theft 323
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 10
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 5.0
- B42 1 residents
- 10,981
3 female, 7 male
Age bands in B42 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.6%
2,282 residents
1,522 residents
2,999 residents
2,757 residents
1,628 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B42 1 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.
GP practices
55
within 5 km straight-line
PERRY PARK SURGERY
291-293 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1TY
ODS code M85624
653 m
TOWER HILL PARTNERSHIP
433 WALSALL ROAD, PERRY BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B42 1BT
ODS code M85019
1.3 km
HEATHFIELD FAMILY CENTRE
131-133 HEATHFIELD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HL
ODS code M85634
1.6 km
AL-SHAFA MEDICAL CENTRE
5-7 LITTLE OAKS ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 6JY
ODS code M85123
1.7 km
THE SLIEVE SURGERY
2 THE SLIEVE, HANDSWORTH WOOD, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2NR
ODS code M85145
1.7 km
FINCH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
FINCH RD PRIMARY CARE CTR, FINCH ROAD, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1HS
ODS code M85154
1.9 km
BURBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
311 BURBURY STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1TT
ODS code M85701
2.1 km
HAMSTEAD ROAD SURGERY
168 HAMSTEAD ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B20 2QR
ODS code M85009
2.1 km
RAYDOCS NEWTOWN
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, 243 WHEELER STREET, NEWTOWN, BIRMINGHAM, B19 2ET
ODS code M85020
2.1 km
VICTORIA ROAD MEDICAL CTR
229-233 VICTORIA ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5HP
ODS code M85676
2.2 km
MODALITY BIRMINGHAM
ORSBORN HOUSE, 55 TERRACE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B19 1BP
ODS code M85178
2.5 km
COTMORE SURGERY
169 OLD OSCOTT LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 8TU
ODS code M85792
2.5 km
CHURCH ROAD SURGERY
28 CHURCH ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5UP
ODS code M85697
2.6 km
COLLEGE ROAD SURGERY
452 COLLEGE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0HL
ODS code M85087
2.6 km
KIRPAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85176
3.0 km
SOHO HEALTH CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code Y00412
3.0 km
SOHO ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
251 SOHO ROAD, HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85757
3.0 km
SOHO ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
247-251 SOHO ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B21 9RY
ODS code M85715
3.0 km
THE DOVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 DOVEDALE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B23 5DD
ODS code M85081
3.0 km
DR KHUROO'S PRACTICE
STOCKLAND GREEN PCC, 192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85716
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 55 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Cliveden Avenue
BCT · Perry Barr
- 0.1 miles
Cliveden Avenue
BCT · Perry Barr
- 0.1 miles
Aldridge Road
BCT · Perry Barr
- 0.1 miles
Aldridge Road
BCT · Perry Barr
- 0.1 miles
Aldridge Road
BCT · Perry Barr
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 024E, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,247 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Schools
173 open schools are in scope, including 98 primary and 29 secondary schools. Eden Boys' School, Birmingham is the nearest published school at 409 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,668 published events cover 12 months, averaging 472.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,547 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.