B5 postcode area guide — Birmingham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the B5 postcode district in Birmingham — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in B5
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
70.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
61.3%
Gigabit-capable
61.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the B5 postcode district (Birmingham) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 409 postcodes Ofcom measures in B5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 70.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 61.6%.
Around 0% of premises in B5 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 B5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| B5 4AD | 0% | 0% |
| B5 4AE | 0% | 0% |
| B5 4AH | 33.3% | 33.3% |
| B5 4AL | 50% | 50% |
| B5 4AN | 0% | 0% |
| B5 4AR | 28.6% | 28.6% |
| B5 4AS | 50% | 50% |
| B5 4AT | 100% | 100% |
| B5 4AU | 0% | 0% |
| B5 4AX | 60% | 0% |
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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 B5
Police recorded 1,656 incidents within about a mile of the centre of B5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 679 | 41.0% |
| Shoplifting | 202 | 12.2% |
| Other theft | 127 | 7.7% |
| Public order | 114 | 6.9% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 94 | 5.7% |
| Drugs | 80 | 4.8% |
| Vehicle crime | 77 | 4.6% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 59 | 3.6% |
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).
House prices in B5
Based on 67 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in B5 is £170,000, down 32.0% on the previous year (£250,000).
Semi-detached
£450,000
4 sales
Terraced
£300,000
10 sales
Flat / maisonette
£150,000
49 sales
Latest recorded sales in B5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2026 | £235,000 | Flat | Pershore Street | B5 6PA |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £90,000 | Flat | St Johns Walk | B5 4TJ |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £211,000 | Semi-detached | Hawkins Close | B5 7NW |
| 2 Apr 2026 | £210,000 | Flat | St Lukes Road | B5 7FN |
| 2 Apr 2026 | £190,000 | Flat | Essex Street | B5 4TU |
| 1 Apr 2026 | £74,000 | Flat | St Johns Walk | B5 4TJ |
| 24 Mar 2026 | £75,000 | Flat | Essex Street | B5 4TT |
| 17 Mar 2026 | £170,000 | Terraced | Sherlock Street | B5 7DU |
| 16 Mar 2026 | £64,000 | Flat | Essex Street | B5 4TT |
| 6 Mar 2026 | £135,000 | Flat | The Ashes | B5 7SB |
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 B5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmhurst Ballet School | Not applicable | 11–19 | 185 | B5 7UH |
| Lillian De Lissa Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 71 | B5 7LX |
| South and City College Birmingham | 16 plus | 14–99 | — | B5 5SU |
| Birmingham City University | Not applicable | — | — | B5 5JU |
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 B5
466 rated food businesses operate in B5. 204 hold the top rating of 5, 53 are rated 4, and 92 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A Barnes Groceries, Akari Cafe, Aktar at Home, Aldi, Alleway's Confectionary.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in B5
From a sample of 177 Energy Performance Certificates across 5 B5 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 51% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
15%
Band C
37%
Band D
29%
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 B5 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.