B29 postcode area guide — Birmingham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the B29 postcode district in Birmingham — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in B29
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
92.9%
Gigabit-capable
93%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the B29 postcode district (Birmingham) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 787 postcodes Ofcom measures in B29, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 93%.
Around 0% of premises in B29 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 B29
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| B29 4AA | 100% | 100% |
| B29 4AB | 100% | 100% |
| B29 4AD | 100% | 100% |
| B29 4AE | 100% | 100% |
| B29 4AG | 96.8% | 96.8% |
| B29 4AH | 100% | 71.4% |
| B29 4AJ | 100% | 100% |
| B29 4AL | 100% | 100% |
| B29 4AN | 100% | 100% |
| B29 4AP | 50% | 50% |
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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 B29
Police recorded 443 incidents within about a mile of the centre of B29 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 185 | 41.8% |
| Shoplifting | 55 | 12.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 40 | 9.0% |
| Burglary | 33 | 7.4% |
| Vehicle crime | 30 | 6.8% |
| Public order | 29 | 6.5% |
| Other theft | 14 | 3.2% |
| Robbery | 14 | 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 B29
Based on 261 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in B29 is £270,000, up 8.0% on the previous year (£250,000).
Detached
£510,000
16 sales
Semi-detached
£268,000
88 sales
Terraced
£270,000
135 sales
Flat / maisonette
£128,000
17 sales
Latest recorded sales in B29
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2026 | £290,000 | Semi-detached | Umberslade Road | B29 7SG |
| 8 May 2026 | £152,000 | Semi-detached | Summerfield Drive | B29 4ET |
| 8 May 2026 | £247,000 | Semi-detached | Jervoise Road | B29 5QT |
| 7 May 2026 | £200,000 | Terraced | Hopstone Road | B29 5RD |
| 1 May 2026 | £280,000 | Semi-detached | Woolacombe Lodge Road | B29 6PZ |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £215,000 | Semi-detached | Gristhorpe Road | B29 7SN |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £520,000 | Terraced | Hubert Road | B29 6ER |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £342,500 | Terraced | Tiverton Road | B29 6DA |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £730,000 | Detached | Serpentine Road | B29 7HU |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £122,000 | Terraced | Princethorpe Road | B29 5QA |
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 B29
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Birmingham School | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,188 | B29 6QU |
| Selly Park Girls' School | Secondary | 11–16 | 803 | B29 7PH |
| E-ACT Shenley Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 746 | B29 4HE |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 413 | B29 6NU |
| Green Meadow Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 408 | B29 4EE |
| Paganel Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 404 | B29 5TG |
| Selly Oak Trust School | Not applicable | 11–19 | 400 | B29 6HZ |
| Raddlebarn Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 391 | B29 7TD |
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 B29
270 rated food businesses operate in B29. 134 hold the top rating of 5, 36 are rated 4, and 18 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 2 Wallace Road, 2 M'S Supermarket, ABM Catering, Acorns Childrens Hospice Trust, Al Mahdi Institute.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in B29
From a sample of 300 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 B29 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 37% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
0%
Band B
5%
Band C
32%
Band D
41%
Band E
15%
Band F
6%
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 B29 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.