Property market
The five-year median is £336,500 from 824 recorded sales in B72. 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.
B72
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 376
- Current units
- 240
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 3
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 136
Postcode sectors in B72
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
6,146 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Hollyhurst Court, 224, Flat 5, Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1DD | 23 July 2026 | £146,000 |
| 2, Chavasse Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1NZ | 20 July 2026 | £350,000 |
| 29, Shooters Hill, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1HX | 17 July 2026 | £485,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 4
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,339
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 373
- Shoplifting 336
- Vehicle crime 120
- Other theft 90
- Public order 85
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- B72 usual residents
- 9,798
- Age-profile population
- 10,009
Age bands in B72
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- 1,586 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- 969 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.2%
- 2,324 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- 2,695 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 24.3%
- 2,435 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 235 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 213 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 194 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
THE HAWTHORNS SURGERY
331 BIRMINGHAM ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B72 1DL
ODS code M85175
THE MANOR PRACTICE
61 HOLLAND ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B72 1RL
ODS code M85033
Evidence in context
Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,339 published events cover 12 months, averaging 112 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 373 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.