B44
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Kingstanding and Old Oscott, 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 B44 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 22% of people in B44 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B44 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B44 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B44 at a rate of 94.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 287 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B44.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,707), other crime (556) and criminal damage and arson (346).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B44 was 95.1 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 B44, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B44 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B44
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 007A | 1,527 | 136.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Birmingham 008A | 1,557 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 008B | 1,522 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Birmingham 008C | 1,408 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 008D | 1,623 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 011A | 1,544 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 011B | 1,376 | 158.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.0% |
| Birmingham 011C | 1,504 | 140.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 011D | 1,471 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 011E | 1,485 | 112.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Birmingham 011F | 1,683 | 125.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Birmingham 011G | 1,606 | 124.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Birmingham 013A | 1,591 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Birmingham 013B | 1,631 | 70.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 013C | 1,659 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 013D | 1,558 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 014B | 1,636 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.8% |
| Birmingham 014C | 1,600 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 014D | 1,547 | 106.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.8% |
| Birmingham 017A | 1,458 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Birmingham 017B | 1,590 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 017C | 1,654 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| Birmingham 017D | 1,936 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 022D | 1,561 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.5% |
MPs for B44
- Paulette HamiltonLabourMP for Birmingham Erdington79% of B44’s postcodes
- Ayoub KhanIndependentMP for Birmingham Perry Barr20% of B44’s postcodes
- Sir Andrew MitchellConservativeMP for Sutton Coldfield0.2% of B44’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 B444
Postcode sectors in B443
Council1
Towns in B441
Postcode districts next to B446
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B44 in brief
B44 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Kingstanding and Old Oscott, in Birmingham.
About 37,315 people lived in B44 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £206,500 in 2025 across 433 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B44 was £206,500 in 2025.
B44 had 36,536 usual residents at the census.
About 22% of people in B44 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B44, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.