B72
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Royal Sutton Coldfield, Wylde Green and Chester Road, 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 B72 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 3% of people in B72 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B72 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B72 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B72 at a rate of 158.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 133 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B72.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (586), violence and sexual offences (374) and other crime (229).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B72 was 134.6 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 B72, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B72 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B72
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 009A | 2,157 | 374.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.8% |
| Birmingham 009B | 1,434 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.3% |
| Birmingham 009C | 1,373 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 009E | 1,819 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% |
| Birmingham 015A | 1,506 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 015C | 1,305 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Birmingham 015D | 1,561 | 185.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
MPs for B72
- Sir Andrew MitchellConservativeMP for Sutton Coldfield98% of B72’s postcodes
- Paulette HamiltonLabourMP for Birmingham Erdington2.5% of B72’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 B722
Postcode sectors in B721
Council1
Towns in B721
Postcode districts next to B726
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B72 in brief
B72 is a postcode district covering Royal Sutton Coldfield, Wylde Green and Chester Road, in Birmingham.
About 10,243 people lived in B72 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,000 in 2025 across 166 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 158.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B72 was £375,000 in 2025.
B72 had 10,278 usual residents at the census.
About 3% of people in B72 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B72, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.