B9 postcode area guide — Birmingham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the B9 postcode district in Birmingham — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in B9
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
92.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
89.6%
Gigabit-capable
89%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the B9 postcode district (Birmingham) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 393 postcodes Ofcom measures in B9, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 92.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 89%.
Around 0.2% of premises in B9 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 B9
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| B9 4AA | 83.5% | 83.5% |
| B9 4AE | 0% | 0% |
| B9 4AG | 0% | 0% |
| B9 4AH | 80% | 80% |
| B9 4AL | 71.4% | 71.4% |
| B9 4AN | 80% | 80% |
| B9 4AR | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| B9 4AT | 70.2% | 70.2% |
| B9 4AU | 87% | 87% |
| B9 4AX | 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 B9
Police recorded 760 incidents within about a mile of the centre of B9 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 360 | 47.4% |
| Vehicle crime | 77 | 10.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 61 | 8.0% |
| Public order | 61 | 8.0% |
| Other theft | 52 | 6.8% |
| Burglary | 33 | 4.3% |
| Weapons possession | 28 | 3.7% |
| Drugs | 19 | 2.5% |
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 B9
Based on 88 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in B9 is £187,000, essentially flat on the previous year (£187,500).
Semi-detached
£220,000
17 sales
Terraced
£180,000
54 sales
Flat / maisonette
£113,500
6 sales
Latest recorded sales in B9
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £135,500 | Flat | Artillery Street | B9 4QH |
| 7 May 2026 | £360,000 | Terraced | St Andrews Road | B9 4JG |
| 5 May 2026 | £49,000 | Semi-detached | Colonial Road | B9 5NG |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £170,000 | Terraced | Blake Lane | B9 5QY |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £183,000 | Terraced | Imperial Road | B9 5HF |
| 16 Apr 2026 | £161,000 | Terraced | Botha Road | B9 5LU |
| 15 Apr 2026 | £310,000 | Semi-detached | Belchers Lane | B9 5SU |
| 27 Mar 2026 | £207,000 | Semi-detached | Botha Road | B9 5LU |
| 24 Mar 2026 | £187,000 | Terraced | Templefield Gardens | B9 4NY |
| 18 Mar 2026 | £178,250 | Terraced | Imperial Road | B9 5HB |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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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 B9
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waverley School | All-through | 2–19 | 1,687 | B9 5QA |
| Saltley Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,356 | B9 5RX |
| Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form | Secondary | 11–18 | 938 | B9 4TR |
| Bordesley Green Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 639 | B9 5XX |
| Alston Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 636 | B9 5UN |
| Wyndcliffe Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 566 | B9 5BG |
| Hamd House School | Not applicable | 5–16 | 433 | B9 4US |
| Bordesley Village Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 291 | B9 4NG |
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 B9
214 rated food businesses operate in B9. 79 hold the top rating of 5, 29 are rated 4, and 25 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: AL-NOOR HALAL MEAT B'HAM LTD, Alderman Bowen Adult Training Centre, Aldi, Asda, Asda.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in B9
From a sample of 301 Energy Performance Certificates across 8 B9 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 27% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
1%
Band C
27%
Band D
46%
Band E
22%
Band F
5%
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 B9 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.