Property market
The five-year median is £175,000 from 1,029 recorded sales in B8. 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.
B8
UK postcode district
Part of Birmingham
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 779
- Current units
- 578
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 201
Postcode sectors in B8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
10,848 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 114, Northleigh Road, Birmingham, B8 2QL | 28 July 2026 | £180,000 |
| 7, Winslow Avenue, Birmingham, B8 2AE | 10 July 2026 | £190,000 |
| 30, Lime Tree Road, Birmingham, B8 2XG | 10 July 2026 | £215,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 4,332
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,195
- Vehicle crime 386
- Criminal damage and arson 338
- Other theft 266
- Public order 258
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- B8 usual residents
- 46,609
- Age-profile population
- 46,134
Age bands in B8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 27.5%
- 12,674 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.8%
- 8,658 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.6%
- 13,211 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 17.8%
- 8,207 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 7.3%
- 3,384 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 569 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, 531 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 514 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
13
in this district
ALPHA MEDICAL PRACTICE
ALPHA MP, 38 ALUM ROCK RD, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85139
ALUM ROCK MEDICAL CENTRE
27-29 HIGHFIELD ROAD, SALTLEY, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3QD
ODS code M85149
AMAANAH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code Y01068
COTTERILS LANE SURGERY
75-77 COTTERILLS LANE, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3RZ
ODS code M85680
GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RE
ODS code M85170
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
38 HAVELOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RT
ODS code M85670
HAMD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4 CLODESHALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y03597
NASEBY MEDICAL CENTRE
NASEBY ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3HE
ODS code M85722
OAKLEAF
OAKLEAF MEDICAL PRACTICE, 4 CLODESHALL ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y02794
PAK HEALTH CENTRE
38 ALUM ROCK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85739
PEARL MEDICAL CENTRE
619/621 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2HB
ODS code M85803
SALTLEY AND FERNBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
SALTLEY HEALTH CENTRE, CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code M85110
WARD END MEDICAL CENTRE
794A WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2JN
ODS code M85066
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,332 published events cover 12 months, averaging 361 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,195 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.