B24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Birches Green and Gravelly Hill, 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 B24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in B24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B24 at a rate of 125.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 363 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,763), other crime (712) and shoplifting (362).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B24 was 121.1 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 B24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B24 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 018B | 1,765 | 92.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Birmingham 023H | 1,495 | 151.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Birmingham 025A | 1,754 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| Birmingham 025B | 1,490 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.4% |
| Birmingham 025C | 2,112 | 136.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.6% |
| Birmingham 025D | 1,934 | 96.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Birmingham 025E | 1,796 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| Birmingham 031A | 1,914 | 109.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 031B | 1,586 | 116.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 031C | 1,738 | 149.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Birmingham 031D | 2,017 | 224.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.9% |
| Birmingham 031E | 1,687 | 161.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.0% |
| Birmingham 031F | 1,854 | 148.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.0% |
| Birmingham 141A | 1,426 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 141B | 1,738 | 151.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% |
| Birmingham 141C | 1,501 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 141D | 1,712 | 96.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| Birmingham 141E | 1,615 | 303.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.5% |
Your MP
- Paulette HamiltonLabourMP for Birmingham Erdington
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 B243
Postcode sectors in B243
Council1
Towns in B241
Postcode districts next to B247
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B24 in brief
B24 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Birches Green and Gravelly Hill, in Birmingham.
About 31,729 people lived in B24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 305 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 125.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B24 was £245,000 in 2025.
B24 had 30,416 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in B24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B24, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.