B26 postcode area guide — Birmingham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the B26 postcode district in Birmingham — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in B26
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
95.3%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the B26 postcode district (Birmingham) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 571 postcodes Ofcom measures in B26, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 95.2%.
Around 0% of premises in B26 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 B26
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| B26 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| B26 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| B26 1AD | 18.2% | 18.2% |
| B26 1AL | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| B26 1AN | 66.7% | 66.7% |
| B26 1AP | 100% | 100% |
| B26 1AR | 100% | 100% |
| B26 1AS | 100% | 100% |
| B26 1AT | 100% | 100% |
| B26 1AU | 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 B26
Police recorded 403 incidents within about a mile of the centre of B26 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 170 | 42.2% |
| Shoplifting | 62 | 15.4% |
| Vehicle crime | 46 | 11.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 30 | 7.4% |
| Public order | 21 | 5.2% |
| Burglary | 14 | 3.5% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 13 | 3.2% |
| Other theft | 13 | 3.2% |
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 B26
Based on 383 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in B26 is £240,000, up 4.3% on the previous year (£230,000).
Detached
£355,000
26 sales
Semi-detached
£250,000
221 sales
Terraced
£237,000
89 sales
Flat / maisonette
£128,500
42 sales
Latest recorded sales in B26
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2026 | £89,194 | Semi-detached | Chaffcombe Road | B26 3YA |
| 8 May 2026 | £200,000 | Semi-detached | Rectory Park Road | B26 3LH |
| 8 May 2026 | £295,000 | Terraced | Este Road | B26 2EU |
| 8 May 2026 | £325,000 | Detached | Parkdale Road | B26 3UU |
| 6 May 2026 | £280,000 | Terraced | Benedon Road | B26 2UR |
| 1 May 2026 | £347,000 | Terraced | Forest Hill Road | B26 3TB |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £140,000 | Flat | Coventry Road | B26 3PN |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £285,000 | Semi-detached | Willclare Road | B26 2NT |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £273,000 | Semi-detached | Coalway Avenue | B26 3JX |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £250,000 | Semi-detached | Bayford Avenue | B26 3LB |
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 B26
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,188 | B26 2RZ |
| Cockshut Hill School | Secondary | 11–18 | 977 | B26 2HX |
| Yardley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 830 | B26 1TD |
| Gilbertstone Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 411 | B26 1EH |
| Lyndon Green Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 364 | B26 1LU |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 331 | B26 3HU |
| Mapledene Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 293 | B26 3XE |
| Lyndon Green Infant School | Primary | 5–7 | 239 | B26 1LZ |
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 B26
255 rated food businesses operate in B26. 144 hold the top rating of 5, 32 are rated 4, and 11 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 3m's, Aldi, All Bar One, All U Need Is Cake, Ann Marie Howes Centre.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in B26
From a sample of 280 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 B26 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 40% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
6%
Band C
34%
Band D
42%
Band E
16%
Band F
3%
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 B26 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.