B28
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Hall Green and Yardley Wood, 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 B28 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in B28 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B28 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B28 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B28 at a rate of 72.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 221 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B28.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,053), other crime (366) and vehicle crime (305).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B28 was 64.0 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 B28, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B28 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B28
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 097B | 1,995 | 106.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Birmingham 097D | 2,047 | 210.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| Birmingham 097E | 1,819 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Birmingham 098C | 1,710 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 098D | 1,885 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Birmingham 103F | 1,922 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 105C | 1,817 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
| Birmingham 105D | 1,909 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| Birmingham 108A | 1,902 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 108B | 1,771 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| Birmingham 108C | 1,888 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Birmingham 108D | 1,584 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.5% |
| Birmingham 115D | 1,744 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Birmingham 132A | 1,790 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 132B | 1,817 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 132C | 1,711 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Birmingham 132D | 1,363 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 132E | 1,529 | 100.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
MPs for B28
- Tahir AliLabourMP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley85% of B28’s postcodes
- Jess PhillipsLabourMP for Birmingham Yardley8.9% of B28’s postcodes
- Al CarnsLabourMP for Birmingham Selly Oak4.8% of B28’s postcodes
- Dr Neil Shastri-HurstConservativeMP for Solihull West and Shirley1.3% of B28’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 B283
Postcode sectors in B284
Council1
Towns in B281
Postcode districts next to B286
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B28 in brief
B28 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Hall Green and Yardley Wood, in Birmingham.
About 33,494 people lived in B28 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,002 in 2025 across 355 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B28 was £310,002 in 2025.
B28 had 32,583 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in B28 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B28, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.