B74 2RU

Sutton Four Oaks · Birmingham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sutton Coldfield
Local authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Sutton Coldfield
Postcode district
B74
Postcode sector
B74 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
B74 2RT 44 m
B74 2RX 62 m
B74 2TA 70 m
B74 2SX 106 m
B75 6SS 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
B74 2RU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
B
Postcode district
B74
Postcode sector
B74 2
Latitude
52.574614
Longitude
-1.826806
British National Grid easting
411,834
British National Grid northing
297,434

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Birmingham · E08000025
Parish or community
E04012653
Westminster constituency
Sutton Coldfield · E14001535
Output area
E00047745
Lower layer super output area
Birmingham 004C · E01009427
Middle layer super output area
Birmingham 004 · E02001830

Postcode source versions

Explore B74

24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Graydon Court, Flat 10, Blackroot Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2RU 30 May 2025 £187,000
Graydon Court, Flat 8, Blackroot Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2RU 23 May 2025 £225,000
Graydon Court, Flat 6, Blackroot Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2RU 11 October 2024 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
37
Secondary
9
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    422 m
  2. Coppice Primary School

    Foundation school

    667 m
  3. Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

    Academy converter

    702 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,636
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 539
  • Shoplifting 285
  • Vehicle crime 165
  • Criminal damage and arson 112
  • Public order 111

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

9 female, 5 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.3
B74 2 residents
9,596

Age bands in B74 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,618 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,010 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

2,307 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

2,931 residents

Age 65 and over
23.9%

2,474 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B74 2 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

9

within 5 km

  • SUTTON COLDFIELD GROUP PRACTICE

    233 TAMWORTH ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B75 6DX

    ODS code M85046

    1.4 km

  • THE MANOR PRACTICE

    61 HOLLAND ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B72 1RL

    ODS code M85033

    1.8 km

  • THE HAWTHORNS SURGERY

    331 BIRMINGHAM ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B72 1DL

    ODS code M85175

    4.0 km

  • ASHFIELD SURGERY

    8 WALMLEY ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B76 1QN

    ODS code M85026

    4.2 km

  • HILLCREST SURGERY

    9 TWICKENHAM ROAD, KINGSTANDING, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0NN

    ODS code M85016

    4.2 km

  • KINGSTANDING CIRCLE SURGERY

    26 ROUGH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0UY

    ODS code M85155

    4.4 km

  • BLACKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    BLACKWOOD ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3PL

    ODS code M91637

    4.4 km

  • SUTTON ROAD SURGERY

    122 SUTTON ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 5TJ

    ODS code M85115

    4.5 km

  • AYLESBURY SURGERY

    AYLESBURY HOUSE, WARREN FARM ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0DX

    ODS code M85779

    4.9 km

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

  • Blackroot Road

    BCT · Doe Bank

    0.0 miles
  • Blackroot Road

    BCT · Doe Bank

    0.0 miles
  • Little Sutton La

    BCT · Doe Bank

    0.2 miles
  • Hayward Road

    BCT · Doe Bank

    0.2 miles
  • Hayward Road

    BCT · Doe Bank

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 004C, 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

24,381 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
6
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

Property market

The five-year median is £183,500 from 4 recorded sales in B74 2RU. 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.

Schools

52 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 9 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 422 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,636 published events cover 12 months, averaging 136.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 539 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.