B20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Handsworth Wood and Birchfield, in Birmingham.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an B20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 54% of people in B20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B20 at a rate of 99.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 331 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,025), other crime (601) and criminal damage and arson (349).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B20 was 99.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in B20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B20 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 032A | 1,641 | 128.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.6% |
| Birmingham 032B | 2,250 | 118.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.2% |
| Birmingham 032C | 1,631 | 118.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Birmingham 032D | 1,832 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.6% |
| Birmingham 032E | 1,795 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Birmingham 033A | 1,815 | 258.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Birmingham 033B | 1,628 | 255.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Birmingham 033C | 1,641 | 115.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 033D | 1,975 | 122.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 035A | 2,265 | 107.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Birmingham 035D | 1,984 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 035E | 1,794 | 177.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.9% |
| Birmingham 035H | 1,672 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 035I | 1,738 | 130.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.7% |
| Birmingham 039E | 1,434 | 239.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Birmingham 040D | 2,048 | 129.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Birmingham 133A | 1,787 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 133B | 1,796 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 133C | 1,659 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 133D | 1,737 | 101.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.5% |
| Birmingham 133E | 1,592 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 133F | 1,583 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
Your MP
- Ayoub KhanIndependentMP for Birmingham Perry Barr
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in B204
Postcode sectors in B203
Council1
Towns in B201
Postcode districts next to B207
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B20 in brief
B20 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Handsworth Wood and Birchfield, in Birmingham.
About 38,878 people lived in B20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £240,000 in 2025 across 161 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B20 was £240,000 in 2025.
B20 had 37,791 usual residents at the census.
About 54% of people in B20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B20, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.