B23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Erdington and Stockland Green, 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 B23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 34% of people in B23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B23 at a rate of 132.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 611 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,214), other crime (1,077) and vehicle crime (491).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B23 was 133.1 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 B23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B23 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 010A | 1,406 | 64.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 014E | 1,759 | 138.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| Birmingham 014F | 1,160 | 115.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Birmingham 014G | 1,901 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.5% |
| Birmingham 018A | 1,679 | 86.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Birmingham 020A | 1,578 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 020B | 1,593 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 020C | 1,487 | 129.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 020D | 1,750 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Birmingham 020E | 1,749 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.6% |
| Birmingham 022A | 1,625 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Birmingham 022B | 2,097 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 022C | 2,037 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 023A | 2,050 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Birmingham 023C | 1,556 | 127.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 023D | 1,820 | 373.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.1% |
| Birmingham 023G | 1,871 | 154.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Birmingham 026A | 1,487 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 026B | 1,777 | 163.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Birmingham 026C | 1,847 | 113.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.6% |
| Birmingham 026D | 1,919 | 222.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.7% |
| Birmingham 030B | 1,899 | 90.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Birmingham 030C | 1,788 | 284.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 030D | 1,812 | 181.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% |
| Birmingham 030E | 2,358 | 113.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Birmingham 031H | 1,227 | 126.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.2% |
| Birmingham 031I | 1,829 | 307.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.9% |
MPs for B23
- Paulette HamiltonLabourMP for Birmingham Erdington99% of B23’s postcodes
- Sir Andrew MitchellConservativeMP for Sutton Coldfield1.2% of B23’s postcodes
- Ayoub KhanIndependentMP for Birmingham Perry Barr0.1% of B23’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 B236
Postcode sectors in B234
Council1
Towns in B231
Postcode districts next to B235
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B23 in brief
B23 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Erdington and Stockland Green, in Birmingham.
About 50,724 people lived in B23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 437 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 132.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B23 was £200,000 in 2025.
B23 had 48,574 usual residents at the census.
About 34% of people in B23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B23, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.