B74 postcode area guide — Birmingham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the B74 postcode district in Birmingham — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in B74
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
83.5%
Gigabit-capable
83%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the B74 postcode district (Birmingham) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 757 postcodes Ofcom measures in B74, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 83%.
Around 0% of premises in B74 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 B74
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| B74 2AA | 100% | 100% |
| B74 2AB | 100% | 100% |
| B74 2AD | 100% | 100% |
| B74 2AE | 100% | 100% |
| B74 2AF | 100% | 100% |
| B74 2AG | 100% | 100% |
| B74 2AH | 100% | 100% |
| B74 2AJ | 100% | 100% |
| B74 2AL | 100% | 100% |
| B74 2AN | 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 B74
Police recorded 42 incidents within about a mile of the centre of B74 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 10 | 23.8% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 10 | 23.8% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 | 9.5% |
| Burglary | 4 | 9.5% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 4 | 9.5% |
| Public order | 4 | 9.5% |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 2.4% |
| Drugs | 1 | 2.4% |
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 B74
Based on 369 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in B74 is £392,615, up 6.1% on the previous year (£370,000).
Detached
£590,000
148 sales
Semi-detached
£361,000
108 sales
Terraced
£315,000
25 sales
Flat / maisonette
£185,000
77 sales
Latest recorded sales in B74
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £395,000 | Semi-detached | Bakers Lane | B74 2AX |
| 15 May 2026 | £532,000 | Detached | Park View Road | B74 4PR |
| 13 May 2026 | £280,000 | Flat | Seymour Gardens | B74 4ST |
| 11 May 2026 | £475,000 | Detached | Inglewood Grove | B74 3LW |
| 8 May 2026 | £165,000 | Other | Lichfield Road | B74 2RT |
| 7 May 2026 | £115,000 | Flat | Anchorage Road | B74 2PL |
| 6 May 2026 | £467,500 | Semi-detached | Thorney Road | B74 3HT |
| 5 May 2026 | £217,000 | Flat | Vesey Close | B74 4QN |
| 5 May 2026 | £1,300,000 | Detached | Rosemary Hill Road | B74 4HN |
| 1 May 2026 | £1,400,000 | Detached | Rosemary Hill Road | B74 4HL |
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 B74
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Arthur Terry School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,758 | B74 4RZ |
| The Streetly Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,544 | B74 2EX |
| Bishop Vesey's Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,455 | B74 2NH |
| Blackwood School | Primary | 3–11 | 677 | B74 3PH |
| Lindens Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 457 | B74 2BB |
| Four Oaks Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 420 | B74 4PA |
| Manor Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 411 | B74 3HX |
| Hill West Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 389 | B74 4LD |
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 B74
144 rated food businesses operate in B74. 97 hold the top rating of 5, 17 are rated 4, and 3 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 99p Stores, Abbeyfield House, Acorn Motor Company Ltd, Aldi Stores Ltd, All Saints Church Hall.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in B74
From a sample of 121 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 B74 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 16% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
3%
Band C
12%
Band D
54%
Band E
28%
Band F
2%
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
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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.