B21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Handsworth and Gib Heath, 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 B21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 61% of people in B21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B21 at a rate of 159.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 379 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,203), other crime (867) and vehicle crime (420).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B21 was 155.9 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 B21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B21 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 17 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 034A | 1,780 | 173.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 034B | 1,473 | 139.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 034C | 2,009 | 136.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Birmingham 034D | 1,621 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 034E | 1,587 | 129.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 036A | 1,471 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 036B | 1,394 | 150.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Birmingham 036C | 2,066 | 133.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 036D | 1,665 | 137.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Birmingham 036E | 1,723 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 036F | 1,559 | 280.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Birmingham 039A | 1,789 | 219.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Birmingham 039B | 1,632 | 111.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 039C | 1,809 | 164.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 039D | 1,711 | 113.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Birmingham 039I | 1,426 | 381.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.1% |
| Birmingham 039J | 1,600 | 115.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Birmingham 047C | 2,067 | 237.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
MPs for B21
- Ayoub KhanIndependentMP for Birmingham Perry Barr78% of B21’s postcodes
- Shabana MahmoodLabourMP for Birmingham Ladywood22% of B21’s postcodes
- Sarah CoombesLabourMP for West Bromwich0.5% of B21’s postcodes
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 B213
Postcode sectors in B214
Council1
Towns in B211
Postcode districts next to B216
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B21 in brief
B21 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Handsworth and Gib Heath, in Birmingham.
About 30,742 people lived in B21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 123 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 159.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B21 was £180,000 in 2025.
B21 had 29,667 usual residents at the census.
About 61% of people in B21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B21, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.