B73
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Royal Sutton Coldfield, Boldmere and New 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 B73 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 6% of people in B73 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B73 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B73 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B73 at a rate of 80.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 199 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B73.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (556), shoplifting (352) and other crime (274).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B73 was 69.2 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 B73, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B73 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B73
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 004F | 1,495 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.3% |
| Birmingham 007C | 1,434 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Birmingham 007D | 1,564 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Birmingham 009D | 1,691 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
| Birmingham 010B | 1,461 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.9% |
| Birmingham 010C | 1,440 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Birmingham 010D | 1,670 | 19.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| Birmingham 010E | 1,563 | 385.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.6% |
| Birmingham 010F | 1,565 | 110.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| Birmingham 015B | 1,591 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.4% |
| Birmingham 018C | 1,718 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.6% |
| Birmingham 018D | 1,385 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Birmingham 018E | 1,585 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| Birmingham 018F | 1,583 | 246.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.3% |
MPs for B73
- Sir Andrew MitchellConservativeMP for Sutton Coldfield100% of B73’s postcodes
- Paulette HamiltonLabourMP for Birmingham Erdington0.4% of B73’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 B733
Postcode sectors in B733
Council1
Towns in B731
Postcode districts next to B735
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B73 in brief
B73 is a postcode district covering Royal Sutton Coldfield, Boldmere and New Oscott, in Birmingham.
About 22,952 people lived in B73 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £352,500 in 2025 across 370 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 80.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B73 was £352,500 in 2025.
B73 had 22,924 usual residents at the census.
About 6% of people in B73 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B73, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.