B21 postcode area guide — Birmingham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the B21 postcode district in Birmingham — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in B21
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
96.6%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the B21 postcode district (Birmingham) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 436 postcodes Ofcom measures in B21, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 95.2%.
Around 0% of premises in B21 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 B21
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| B21 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| B21 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| B21 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| B21 0AG | 0% | 0% |
| B21 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| B21 0AP | 100% | 70% |
| B21 0AQ | 0% | 0% |
| B21 0AR | 100% | 100% |
| B21 0AS | 100% | 100% |
| B21 0AT | 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 B21
Police recorded 688 incidents within about a mile of the centre of B21 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 291 | 42.3% |
| Drugs | 59 | 8.6% |
| Vehicle crime | 54 | 7.8% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 52 | 7.6% |
| Weapons possession | 43 | 6.3% |
| Public order | 39 | 5.7% |
| Other theft | 38 | 5.5% |
| Burglary | 36 | 5.2% |
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 B21
Based on 138 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in B21 is £170,000, down 3.4% on the previous year (£176,000).
Detached
£280,000
3 sales
Semi-detached
£220,000
30 sales
Terraced
£160,606
97 sales
Latest recorded sales in B21
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | £275,000 | Detached | Island Road | B21 8NR |
| 13 May 2026 | £127,000 | Terraced | Hamilton Road | B21 8AH |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £195,000 | Semi-detached | Antrobus Road | B21 9NS |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £210,000 | Terraced | Lansdowne Road | B21 9AS |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £210,000 | Terraced | Queens Head Road | B21 0RN |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £122,500 | Terraced | Nineveh Road | B21 0TB |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £150,000 | Terraced | Linwood Road | B21 9HT |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £125,000 | Semi-detached | Westbourne Grove | B21 0SQ |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £122,500 | Terraced | Mary Road | B21 0RJ |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £170,000 | Terraced | Headingley Road | B21 9QE |
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 B21
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Edward VI Handsworth School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,365 | B21 9AR |
| Holyhead School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,257 | B21 0HN |
| King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,054 | B21 9ET |
| Grove School | Primary | 3–11 | 606 | B21 9HB |
| St John Wall Catholic School | Secondary | 11–16 | 591 | B21 8HH |
| William Murdoch Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 591 | B21 9NT |
| Rookery School | Primary | 3–11 | 453 | B21 9PY |
| Nishkam Primary School Birmingham | Primary | 4–11 | 424 | B21 9SN |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in B21
258 rated food businesses operate in B21. 98 hold the top rating of 5, 57 are rated 4, and 36 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Asian Mini Market, Baptist Church Centre And Victoria Road Multi Use Centre, Barfia Birmingham, Barwari Supermarket(Talk), Birmingham CoG Food Bank.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in B21
From a sample of 363 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 B21 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 24% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band C
24%
Band D
48%
Band E
25%
Band F
2%
Band G
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 B21 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.