B40 postcode area guide — Solihull
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the B40 postcode district in Solihull — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in B40
Limited coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
12%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
12%
Gigabit-capable
12%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the B40 postcode district (Solihull) is Limited — fixed broadband speeds are below the UK average here. Across the 9 postcodes Ofcom measures in B40, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 12% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 12%.
Around 0% of premises in B40 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 B40
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| B40 1AB | 0% | 0% |
| B40 1AD | 0% | 0% |
| B40 1NT | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| B40 1PA | 0% | 0% |
| B40 1PP | 0% | 0% |
| B40 1PQ | 0% | 0% |
| B40 1PS | 0% | 0% |
| B40 1PU | 100% | 100% |
| B40 1QA | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Solihull
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Solihull district (100,236 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
91.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
93.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
96.4%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in B40
Police recorded 108 incidents within about a mile of the centre of B40 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 23 | 21.3% |
| Vehicle crime | 19 | 17.6% |
| Other theft | 11 | 10.2% |
| Public order | 11 | 10.2% |
| Weapons possession | 10 | 9.3% |
| Shoplifting | 10 | 9.3% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 9 | 8.3% |
| Other crime | 5 | 4.6% |
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).
Who lives here? Solihull demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Solihull district (216,239 residents, 89,482 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19.3% |
| 15–29 | 20.8% |
| 30–44 | 18.5% |
| 45–64 | 20.4% |
| 65+ | 21.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 72.2% |
| Private rented | 13% |
| Social rented | 4.1% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around B40
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marston Green Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 334 | B37 7BA |
| Marston Green Infant Academy | Primary | 3–7 | 326 | B37 7AA |
| Coleshill Heath School | Primary | 2–11 | 480 | B37 7PY |
| Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 415 | B37 7TR |
| Windy Arbor Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 407 | B37 6RN |
| Mapledene Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 293 | B26 3XE |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 447 | B37 5DP |
| Grace Academy Solihull | Secondary | 11–18 | 884 | B37 5JS |
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 B40
53 rated food businesses operate in B40. 41 hold the top rating of 5, 3 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Bagel Factory, BP Pulse Arena, Cineworld, Concourse Kitchen And Suite Bar, Costa Coffee - Ground Floor.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Solihull
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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.