B36
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Castle Bromwich and Kingshurst, in Solihull and 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 B36 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in B36 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B36 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B36 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B36 at a rate of 101.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 330 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B36.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,579), other crime (555) and shoplifting (446).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B36 was 109.8 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 B36, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B36 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B36
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 042A | 1,987 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 042B | 2,098 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 044A | 1,514 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Birmingham 044B | 2,211 | 120.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.3% |
| Birmingham 141F | 1,349 | 117.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 141G | 1,371 | 180.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Birmingham 141H | 1,371 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 141I | 1,609 | 152.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Solihull 001A | 1,214 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 001B | 1,254 | 66.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Solihull 001C | 1,539 | 97.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Solihull 001D | 1,427 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| Solihull 002A | 1,478 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Solihull 002B | 1,421 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Solihull 002C | 1,553 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| Solihull 002D | 1,388 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 003A | 1,455 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Solihull 003B | 1,539 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 003C | 1,516 | 199.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Solihull 003D | 1,519 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Solihull 004B | 1,807 | 107.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.3% |
| Solihull 004C | 1,860 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.0% |
| Solihull 004D | 1,391 | 124.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
MPs for B36
- Liam ByrneLabourMP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North98% of B36’s postcodes
- Saqib BhattiConservativeMP for Meriden and Solihull East1.0% of B36’s postcodes
- Paulette HamiltonLabourMP for Birmingham Erdington0.5% of B36’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 B364
Postcode sectors in B363
Councils B36 covers2
Towns in B361
Postcode districts next to B368
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B36 in brief
B36 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Castle Bromwich and Kingshurst, in Solihull and Birmingham.
About 37,210 people lived in B36 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £250,000 in 2025 across 345 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 101.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B36 was £250,000 in 2025.
B36 had 36,554 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in B36 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B36, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.