Property market
The five-year median is £350,000 from 1 recorded sale in B8 3EJ. 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 3EJ
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 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B8 3EJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B8
- Postcode sector
- B8 3
- Latitude
- 52.486201
- Longitude
- -1.835858
- British National Grid easting
- 411,243
- British National Grid northing
- 287,598
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
- E00046613
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 058A · E01009195
- 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
7 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 565, Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 3EJ | 20 August 2025 | £350,000 |
| 563, Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 3EJ | 23 February 2011 | £156,500 |
| 565, Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 3EJ | 25 January 2007 | £155,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 213
- Primary
- 111
- Secondary
- 28
- 363 m
Saltley Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 405 m
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East
Free schools
- 619 m
Alston Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,397
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,633
- Vehicle crime 580
- Criminal damage and arson 569
- Public order 490
- Other theft 445
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 13
- Postcode households
- 3
- Residents per household
- 4.3
- B8 3 residents
- 16,974
7 female, 6 male
Age bands in B8 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 27.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 19.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 17.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.6%
4,837 residents
3,393 residents
4,943 residents
3,032 residents
1,334 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider B8 3 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
77
within 5 km
COTTERILS LANE SURGERY
75-77 COTTERILLS LANE, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3RZ
ODS code M85680
494 m
NASEBY MEDICAL CENTRE
NASEBY ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3HE
ODS code M85722
701 m
PEARL MEDICAL CENTRE
619/621 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2HB
ODS code M85803
853 m
HAMD MEDICAL PRACTICE
4 CLODESHALL ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y03597
908 m
OAKLEAF
OAKLEAF MEDICAL PRACTICE, 4 CLODESHALL ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3SW
ODS code Y02794
908 m
WARD END MEDICAL CENTRE
794A WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2JN
ODS code M85066
1.0 km
ALUM ROCK MEDICAL CENTRE
27-29 HIGHFIELD ROAD, SALTLEY, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 3QD
ODS code M85149
1.1 km
OMNIA PRACTICE
73 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85034
1.2 km
YARDLEY GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE
77 YARDLEY GREEN ROAD, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5PU
ODS code M85061
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
ALPHA MEDICAL PRACTICE
ALPHA MP, 38 ALUM ROCK RD, ALUM ROCK, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85139
1.5 km
PAK HEALTH CENTRE
38 ALUM ROCK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1JA
ODS code M85739
1.5 km
GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
38 HAVELOCK ROAD, SALTLEY, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RT
ODS code M85670
1.5 km
IRIDIUM MEDICAL PRACTICE
299 BORDESLEY GREEN EAST, STECHFORD, BIRMINGHAM, B33 8TA
ODS code Y02893
1.5 km
GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RE
ODS code M85170
1.6 km
BORDESLEY GREEN SURGERY
143-145 BORDESLEY GREEN, BORDESLEY GREEN, BIRMINGHAM, B9 5EG
ODS code M85781
1.7 km
CHARLES ROAD SURGERY
192 CHARLES ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 9AB
ODS code M85679
1.9 km
AUBREY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
726-728 COVENTRY ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 0TU
ODS code M85749
2.3 km
SMALL HEATH MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 GREAT WOOD ROAD, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM, B10 9QE
ODS code M85108
2.3 km
Showing 20 of 77 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
Jephcott Road
BCT · Alum Rock
- 0.0 miles
Jephcott Road
BCT · Alum Rock
- 0.1 miles
Brookhill Road
BCT · Alum Rock
- 0.1 miles
Brookhill Road
BCT · Alum Rock
- 0.2 miles
Sandbourne Road
BCT · Alum Rock
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 058A, 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
1,551 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 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
- 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
213 open schools are in scope, including 111 primary and 28 secondary schools. Saltley Academy is the nearest published school at 363 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
7,397 published events cover 12 months, averaging 616.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,633 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.