B27
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Acocks Green and Stockfield, 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 B27 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in B27 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B27 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B27 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B27 at a rate of 132.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 339 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B27.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,726), other crime (614) and shoplifting (285).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B27 was 146.1 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 B27, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B27 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B27
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 078D | 1,789 | 161.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.6% |
| Birmingham 089A | 1,849 | 163.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Birmingham 089C | 1,484 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 089D | 1,706 | 134.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 089E | 1,597 | 319.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| Birmingham 089F | 1,895 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Birmingham 089G | 1,850 | 211.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| Birmingham 090B | 1,863 | 182.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| Birmingham 090E | 1,567 | 109.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 098A | 1,652 | 135.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 098B | 1,830 | 101.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Birmingham 103A | 1,799 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 103B | 1,590 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Birmingham 103C | 1,757 | 114.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 103D | 1,832 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 103E | 1,607 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
MPs for B27
- Jess PhillipsLabourMP for Birmingham Yardley95% of B27’s postcodes
- Dr Neil Shastri-HurstConservativeMP for Solihull West and Shirley4.6% of B27’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 B273
Postcode sectors in B272
Council1
Towns in B271
Postcode districts next to B275
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B27 in brief
B27 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Acocks Green and Stockfield, in Birmingham.
About 27,569 people lived in B27 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £217,750 in 2025 across 218 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 132.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B27 was £217,750 in 2025.
B27 had 26,905 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in B27 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B27, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.