B8 postcode area guide — Birmingham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the B8 postcode district in Birmingham — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in B8
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
88.4%
Gigabit-capable
87.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the B8 postcode district (Birmingham) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 573 postcodes Ofcom measures in B8, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 87.2%.
Around 0% of premises in B8 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 B8
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| B8 1AD | 0% | 0% |
| B8 1AE | 13.3% | 13.3% |
| B8 1AF | 0% | 0% |
| B8 1AN | 100% | 100% |
| B8 1AP | 0% | 0% |
| B8 1AU | 0% | 0% |
| B8 1AW | 0% | 0% |
| B8 1AX | 0% | 0% |
| B8 1BG | 0% | 0% |
| B8 1BH | 0% | 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 B8
Police recorded 539 incidents within about a mile of the centre of B8 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 272 | 50.5% |
| Vehicle crime | 55 | 10.2% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 46 | 8.5% |
| Public order | 43 | 8.0% |
| Other theft | 28 | 5.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 19 | 3.5% |
| Burglary | 18 | 3.3% |
| Weapons possession | 17 | 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 B8
Based on 115 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in B8 is £183,000, up 1.7% on the previous year (£180,000).
Detached
£337,500
3 sales
Semi-detached
£195,000
27 sales
Terraced
£180,000
71 sales
Flat / maisonette
£55,000
6 sales
Latest recorded sales in B8
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2026 | £102,000 | Terraced | Parkfield Road | B8 3AU |
| 7 May 2026 | £360,000 | Other | Alum Rock Road | B8 1JB |
| 22 Apr 2026 | £375,000 | Terraced | Alum Rock Road | B8 1JB |
| 21 Apr 2026 | £121,250 | Terraced | Malthouse Lane | B8 1SR |
| 15 Apr 2026 | £210,000 | Semi-detached | Shaw Hill Road | B8 3LN |
| 8 Apr 2026 | £350,000 | Detached | Johnson Close | B8 2RF |
| 2 Apr 2026 | £131,000 | Semi-detached | Perrins Grove | B8 2EU |
| 31 Mar 2026 | £245,000 | Semi-detached | St Saviours Road | B8 1HH |
| 31 Mar 2026 | £180,000 | Terraced | Cotterills Avenue | B8 3RU |
| 27 Mar 2026 | £175,000 | Terraced | Foley Road | B8 2JT |
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 B8
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washwood Heath Academy | All-through | 4–18 | 1,668 | B8 2AS |
| Rockwood Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,073 | B8 3HG |
| Ward End Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 878 | B8 2RA |
| Parkfield Community School | Primary | 3–11 | 656 | B8 3AX |
| Highfield Junior and Infant School | Primary | 4–11 | 642 | B8 3QF |
| Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East | Secondary | 11–18 | 609 | B8 3DT |
| Nansen Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 528 | B8 3HG |
| Shaw Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 474 | B8 3AN |
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 B8
346 rated food businesses operate in B8. 133 hold the top rating of 5, 57 are rated 4, and 55 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 000, Abigail Fridays Electrolysis Beauty, Adderley Childrens Centre., Adderley Junior & Infant School, Adderley News.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in B8
From a sample of 369 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 B8 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 12% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band C
12%
Band D
62%
Band E
21%
Band F
4%
Band G
2%
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 B8 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.