B6 postcode area guide — Birmingham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the B6 postcode district in Birmingham — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in B6
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
89.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
86.7%
Gigabit-capable
85.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the B6 postcode district (Birmingham) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 410 postcodes Ofcom measures in B6, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 89.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 85.3%.
Around 0.1% of premises in B6 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 B6
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| B6 4AA | 100% | 100% |
| B6 4AB | 100% | 100% |
| B6 4AE | 66.7% | 66.7% |
| B6 4AG | 100% | 100% |
| B6 4AH | 100% | 100% |
| B6 4AN | 100% | 100% |
| B6 4AP | 100% | 100% |
| B6 4AS | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| B6 4BA | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| B6 4BE | 96.2% | 96.2% |
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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 B6
Police recorded 548 incidents within about a mile of the centre of B6 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 250 | 45.6% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 68 | 12.4% |
| Vehicle crime | 50 | 9.1% |
| Public order | 38 | 6.9% |
| Other theft | 34 | 6.2% |
| Drugs | 21 | 3.8% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 19 | 3.5% |
| Burglary | 18 | 3.3% |
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 B6
Based on 49 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in B6 is £165,000, essentially flat on the previous year (£165,000).
Semi-detached
£223,000
9 sales
Terraced
£156,000
32 sales
Flat / maisonette
£77,500
5 sales
Latest recorded sales in B6
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2026 | £165,000 | Terraced | Yew Tree Road | B6 6RX |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £130,000 | Terraced | Bartons Bank | B6 5EP |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £96,000 | Terraced | Hanover Close | B6 5ES |
| 2 Apr 2026 | £170,000 | Terraced | Village Road | B6 6RB |
| 13 Mar 2026 | £310,000 | Semi-detached | Serpentine Road | B6 6SE |
| 10 Mar 2026 | £120,000 | Terraced | Moor Lane | B6 7AE |
| 16 Feb 2026 | £265,000 | Terraced | Albert Road | B6 5NH |
| 5 Feb 2026 | £90,000 | Flat | Osbourne Close | B6 5UL |
| 26 Jan 2026 | £180,000 | Terraced | Nelson Road | B6 6PJ |
| 14 Jan 2026 | £140,000 | Terraced | Frederick Road | B6 6DG |
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 B6
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Edward VI Aston School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,023 | B6 6DJ |
| Aston Manor Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 990 | B6 4PZ |
| Prince Albert Junior and Infant School | Primary | 3–11 | 740 | B6 5NH |
| Birchfield Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 605 | B6 6AJ |
| Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC) | Primary | 3–11 | 460 | B6 6RX |
| Mansfield Green E-ACT Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 377 | B6 5NH |
| Aston Tower Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 326 | B6 5BE |
| Manor Park Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 320 | B6 5UQ |
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 B6
223 rated food businesses operate in B6. 111 hold the top rating of 5, 37 are rated 4, and 10 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Travelodge Birmingham Aston, Adian's Dining, Afrilicken Junction Rest. Ltd, Birmi, Alta & Co Trading Ltd, As Suffa Homeless Project.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in B6
From a sample of 127 Energy Performance Certificates across 6 B6 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
39%
Band E
30%
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 B6 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.