Property market
The five-year median is £370,000 from 2,667 recorded sales in B74. 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.
B74
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 974
- Current units
- 759
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 215
Postcode sectors in B74
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
19,127 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Baker Court, 188b, Apartment 31, Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2TX | 24 July 2026 | £175,000 |
| 9, The Range, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2BE | 23 July 2026 | £550,000 |
| 1, Four Oaks Common Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 4NL | 23 July 2026 | £500,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 10
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,180
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 419
- Vehicle crime 164
- Shoplifting 119
- Burglary 112
- Criminal damage and arson 90
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- B74 usual residents
- 32,473
- Age-profile population
- 33,359
Age bands in B74
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.2%
- 5,394 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- 3,197 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.8%
- 6,951 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.7%
- 9,250 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 25.7%
- 8,567 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 751 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, 728 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 531 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
1
in this district
BLACKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
BLACKWOOD ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3PL
ODS code M91637
Evidence in context
Schools
10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,180 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 419 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.