B45
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Birmingham, Rubery and Frankley, in Birmingham and Bromsgrove.
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 B45 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 73% of people in B45 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B45 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B45 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B45 at a rate of 89.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 253 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B45.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,266), other crime (467) and anti-social behaviour (289).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B45 was 104.3 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 B45, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B45 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B45
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 119C | 1,221 | 116.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 125B | 1,325 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 125D | 1,448 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 125E | 1,635 | 143.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Birmingham 125F | 1,443 | 117.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 125I | 1,718 | 169.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Birmingham 129C | 1,382 | 113.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Birmingham 129D | 1,673 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 130A | 2,282 | 149.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.2% |
| Birmingham 130B | 1,424 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 130C | 1,494 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 130D | 1,648 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| Bromsgrove 003A | 2,062 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| Bromsgrove 003B | 1,376 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.5% |
| Bromsgrove 003C | 1,450 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Bromsgrove 003D | 1,532 | 195.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Bromsgrove 006A | 2,435 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Bromsgrove 006B | 1,612 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.0% |
| Bromsgrove 006C | 2,036 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.7% |
| Bromsgrove 006D | 1,267 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
MPs for B45
- Laurence TurnerLabourMP for Birmingham Northfield53% of B45’s postcodes
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove47% of B45’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 B454
Postcode sectors in B454
Councils B45 covers2
Towns in B451
Postcode districts next to B457
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B45 in brief
B45 is a postcode district covering Birmingham, Rubery and Frankley, in Birmingham and Bromsgrove.
About 33,474 people lived in B45 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £264,250 in 2025 across 422 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 89.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B45 was £264,250 in 2025.
B45 had 32,885 usual residents at the census.
About 73% of people in B45 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B45, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.