B26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Sheldon and Lyndon 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 B26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in B26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B26 at a rate of 141.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 419 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,647), shoplifting (866) and other crime (806).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B26 was 139.8 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 B26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B26 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 062C | 1,437 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 062D | 1,993 | 113.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 067D | 1,738 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.3% |
| Birmingham 067E | 1,658 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 069B | 1,946 | 147.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Birmingham 069E | 1,832 | 102.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 072A | 1,590 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 072B | 1,735 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 072C | 1,461 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 072D | 1,772 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 076A | 1,352 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 076B | 1,597 | 278.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.9% |
| Birmingham 076C | 1,645 | 89.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 076D | 1,661 | 77.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 081A | 1,727 | 218.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Birmingham 081B | 1,900 | 111.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Birmingham 081C | 2,072 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 081D | 1,537 | 23.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 081E | 1,550 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 081F | 1,628 | 426.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Birmingham 089B | 1,578 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
MPs for B26
- Jess PhillipsLabourMP for Birmingham Yardley84% of B26’s postcodes
- Liam ByrneLabourMP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North13% of B26’s postcodes
- Saqib BhattiConservativeMP for Meriden and Solihull East3.3% of B26’s postcodes
- Dr Neil Shastri-HurstConservativeMP for Solihull West and Shirley0.2% of B26’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 B264
Postcode sectors in B263
Council1
Towns in B261
Postcode districts next to B267
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B26 in brief
B26 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Sheldon and Lyndon Green, in Birmingham.
About 35,048 people lived in B26 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 509 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 141.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B26 was £245,000 in 2025.
B26 had 33,754 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in B26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B26, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.