Property market
The five-year median is £217,500 from 3 recorded sales in B8 2QU. 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 2QU
Ward End · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Ward End
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Postcode district
- B8
- Postcode sector
- B8 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B8 2QU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B8
- Postcode sector
- B8 2
- Latitude
- 52.497172
- Longitude
- -1.837908
- British National Grid easting
- 411,101
- British National Grid northing
- 288,818
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Ward End · E05011183
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North · E14001095
- Output area
- E00047982
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 048A · E01009478
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 048 · E02001874
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
33 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Wardend Road, Birmingham, B8 2QU | 27 January 2025 | £217,500 |
| 11, Wardend Road, Birmingham, B8 2QU | 19 May 2023 | £220,000 |
| 31, Wardend Road, Birmingham, B8 2QU | 10 March 2023 | £170,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 197
- Primary
- 101
- Secondary
- 30
- 471 m
Ward End Primary School
Community school
- 635 m
Leigh Primary School
Academy converter
- 635 m
Washwood Heath Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,483
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,552
- Shoplifting 439
- Criminal damage and arson 437
- Vehicle crime 421
- Other theft 323
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 84
- Postcode households
- 21
- Residents per household
- 4.0
- B8 2 residents
- 17,682
40 female, 44 male
Age bands in B8 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 27.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 18.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.4%
4,593 residents
3,013 residents
4,643 residents
2,999 residents
1,220 residents
This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B8 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+
- 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%
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
63
within 5 km
PEARL MEDICAL CENTRE
619/621 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2HB
ODS code M85803
431 m
WARD END MEDICAL CENTRE
794A WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2JN
ODS code M85066
895 m
NASEBY MEDICAL CENTRE
NASEBY ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3HE
ODS code M85722
1.0 km
ALUM ROCK MEDICAL CENTRE
27-29 HIGHFIELD ROAD, SALTLEY, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3QD
ODS code M85149
1.2 km
AMAANAH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code Y01068
1.2 km
SALTLEY AND FERNBANK MEDICAL PRACTICE
SALTLEY HEALTH CENTRE, CRADOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RZ
ODS code M85110
1.2 km
GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RE
ODS code M85170
1.3 km
HAMD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4 CLODESHALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y03597
1.3 km
OAKLEAF
OAKLEAF MEDICAL PRACTICE, 4 CLODESHALL ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y02794
1.3 km
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
38 HAVELOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RT
ODS code M85670
1.4 km
COTTERILS LANE SURGERY
75-77 COTTERILLS LANE, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3RZ
ODS code M85680
1.4 km
ALPHA MEDICAL PRACTICE
ALPHA MP, 38 ALUM ROCK RD, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85139
1.4 km
PAK HEALTH CENTRE
38 ALUM ROCK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85739
1.4 km
KINGSBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
273 KINGSBURY ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 8RD
ODS code M85014
2.0 km
THE ST.CLEMENTS SURGERY
56 NECHELLS PARK ROAD, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5PR
ODS code M85053
2.0 km
BLOOMSBURY SURGERY
30 BLOOMSBURY STREET, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5BT
ODS code M85732
2.3 km
OMNIA PRACTICE
73 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85034
2.4 km
YARDLEY GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE
77 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85061
2.4 km
IRIDIUM MEDICAL PRACTICE
299 BORDESLEY GREEN EAST, STECHFORD, BIRMINGHAM, B33 8TA
ODS code Y02893
2.5 km
BORDESLEY GREEN SURGERY
143-145 BORDESLEY GREEN, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5EG
ODS code M85781
2.6 km
Showing 20 of 63 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Ward End Road
BCT · Bromford Bridge
- 0.1 miles
Ward End Road
BCT · Bromford Bridge
- 0.1 miles
Drews Lane
BCT · Washwood Heath
- 0.1 miles
Ward End Library
BCT · Ward End
- 0.1 miles
Drews Lane
BCT · Washwood Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 048A, 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
781 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 0
- 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
197 open schools are in scope, including 101 primary and 30 secondary schools. Ward End Primary School is the nearest published school at 471 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,483 published events cover 12 months, averaging 456.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,552 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.