B1 postcode area guide — Birmingham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the B1 postcode district in Birmingham — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in B1
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
77.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
66.7%
Gigabit-capable
63.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the B1 postcode district (Birmingham) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 303 postcodes Ofcom measures in B1, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 77.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 63.3%.
Around 0.1% of premises in B1 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in B1
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| B1 1AY | 100% | 75% |
| B1 1BB | 0% | 0% |
| B1 1BD | 0% | 0% |
| B1 1BE | 50% | 25% |
| B1 1BL | 100% | 100% |
| B1 1BN | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| B1 1BT | 100% | 100% |
| B1 1BZ | 0% | 0% |
| B1 1DA | 100% | 100% |
| B1 1DB | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Birmingham
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Birmingham district (495,573 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
98.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in B1
Police recorded 1,860 incidents within about a mile of the centre of B1 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 739 | 39.7% |
| Shoplifting | 219 | 11.8% |
| Other theft | 160 | 8.6% |
| Public order | 127 | 6.8% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 123 | 6.6% |
| Vehicle crime | 88 | 4.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 80 | 4.3% |
| Drugs | 71 | 3.8% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in B1
Based on 107 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in B1 is £175,000, down 25.5% on the previous year (£234,995).
Terraced
£210,000
4 sales
Flat / maisonette
£165,000
94 sales
Latest recorded sales in B1
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2026 | £122,500 | Flat | Severn Street | B1 1QG |
| 1 May 2026 | £57,000 | Flat | Holliday Street | B1 1TS |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £249,000 | Flat | Windmill Street | B1 1FW |
| 27 Apr 2026 | £88,000 | Flat | Upper Marshall Street | B1 1LJ |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £210,000 | Terraced | St Marks Crescent | B1 2PX |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £131,250 | Flat | Camden Street | B1 3EX |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £120,000 | Flat | Granville Street | B1 1JX |
| 14 Apr 2026 | £165,000 | Flat | Pope Street | B1 3DW |
| 13 Apr 2026 | £290,000 | Flat | Windmill Street | B1 1GB |
| 7 Apr 2026 | £175,000 | Flat | Scotland Street | B1 2AU |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Birmingham demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Birmingham district (1,144,918 residents, 423,455 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22.3% |
| 15–29 | 28.9% |
| 30–44 | 19.5% |
| 45–64 | 16.2% |
| 65+ | 13.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 52.7% |
| Private rented | 23% |
| Social rented | 9.7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around B1
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewellery Quarter Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 556 | B1 3AA |
| Nelson Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 443 | B1 2PJ |
| City United Academy (CUA) | Not applicable | 11–18 | 27 | B1 2RX |
| Riverside Virtual College | Secondary | 14–16 | — | B1 1PE |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Energy performance (EPC) in B1
From a sample of 537 Energy Performance Certificates across 8 B1 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 94% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
45%
Band C
50%
Band D
5%
Band E
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Birmingham
Landlines around B1 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.