Property market
The five-year median is £3,250,000 from 1 recorded sale in B8 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.
B8 1BY
Alum Rock · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Alum Rock
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Postcode district
- B8
- Postcode sector
- B8 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B8 1BY
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B8
- Postcode sector
- B8 1
- Latitude
- 52.483198
- Longitude
- -1.856322
- British National Grid easting
- 409,854
- British National Grid northing
- 287,261
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Alum Rock · E05011120
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood · E14001096
- Output area
- E00046640
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 058G · E01034935
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 058 · E02001884
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 B8
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 253, Bordesley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B8 1BY | 11 October 2023 | £3,250,000 |
| 334 - 336, Bordesley Green Road, Bordesley Green, Birmingham, B8 1BY | 17 April 2020 | £270,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 229
- Primary
- 114
- Secondary
- 31
- 147 m
R.Y.A.N Education Academy Vocational Centre
Other independent special school
- 288 m
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
Community school
- 328 m
Adderley Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,886
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,146
- Vehicle crime 751
- Criminal damage and arson 568
- Other theft 436
- Public order 431
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 1
- Postcode households
- 1
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- B8 1 residents
- 11,953
0 female, 1 male
Age bands in B8 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 26.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 17.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 6.8%
3,244 residents
2,252 residents
3,625 residents
2,176 residents
830 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B8 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 75%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 75%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 75%
- Gigabit-capable
- 75%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 75%
- 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
78
within 5 km
HAMD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4 CLODESHALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y03597
688 m
OAKLEAF
OAKLEAF MEDICAL PRACTICE, 4 CLODESHALL ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y02794
688 m
BORDESLEY GREEN SURGERY
143-145 BORDESLEY GREEN, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5EG
ODS code M85781
717 m
ALUM ROCK MEDICAL CENTRE
27-29 HIGHFIELD ROAD, SALTLEY, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3QD
ODS code M85149
841 m
ALPHA MEDICAL PRACTICE
ALPHA MP, 38 ALUM ROCK RD, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85139
844 m
PAK HEALTH CENTRE
38 ALUM ROCK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85739
844 m
AMAANAH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code Y01068
902 m
SALTLEY AND FERNBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
SALTLEY HEALTH CENTRE, CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code M85110
902 m
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
38 HAVELOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RT
ODS code M85670
945 m
NASEBY MEDICAL CENTRE
NASEBY ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3HE
ODS code M85722
1.0 km
GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RE
ODS code M85170
1.2 km
SMALL HEATH MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 GREAT WOOD ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 9QE
ODS code M85108
1.2 km
CHARLES ROAD SURGERY
192 CHARLES ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 9AB
ODS code M85679
1.3 km
OMNIA PRACTICE
73 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85034
1.4 km
YARDLEY GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE
77 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85061
1.4 km
COVENTRY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
448 COVENTRY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0UG
ODS code M85699
1.5 km
BLOOMSBURY SURGERY
30 BLOOMSBURY STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5BT
ODS code M85732
1.5 km
BABYLON GP AT HAND BIRMINGHAM
121 GLOVER STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B9 4EY
ODS code Y06487
1.6 km
NECHELLS PRACTICE
BLOOMSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, 63 RUPERT STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5DT
ODS code M85759
1.8 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE
COOKSEY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0BS
ODS code M85024
1.8 km
Showing 20 of 78 matching practices.
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Adderley Park Station
BCT · Adderley Park
- 0.0 miles
Adderley Park Rail Station
RSE · Adderley Park
- 0.0 miles
Adderley Park Rail Station
RLY · Adderley Park
- 0.0 miles
Adderley Park Rail Station
RSE · Adderley Park
- 0.1 miles
Adderley Park Station
BCT · Adderley Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 058G, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
645 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
- 2
- 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
Schools
229 open schools are in scope, including 114 primary and 31 secondary schools. R.Y.A.N Education Academy Vocational Centre is the nearest published school at 147 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
6,886 published events cover 12 months, averaging 573.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,146 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.