B74
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Royal Sutton Coldfield, Streetly and Hardwick, in Birmingham, Walsall and Lichfield.
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 B74 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 55% of people in B74 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B74 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B74 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B74 at a rate of 40.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 128 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B74.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (473), other crime (288) and vehicle crime (154).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B74 was 38.4 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 B74, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B74 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 13 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B74
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 001A | 1,612 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.4% |
| Birmingham 001B | 1,586 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.0% |
| Birmingham 001C | 1,464 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.4% |
| Birmingham 001D | 1,789 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.9% |
| Birmingham 002B | 2,001 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 63.8% |
| Birmingham 002D | 1,721 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.2% |
| Birmingham 004A | 1,715 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 68.0% |
| Birmingham 004C | 1,489 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.1% |
| Birmingham 004E | 1,724 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 68.3% |
| Birmingham 007B | 1,411 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Lichfield 011A | 1,426 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 66.0% |
| Lichfield 011B | 1,632 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.8% |
| Walsall 022E | 1,431 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Walsall 028A | 1,519 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.6% |
| Walsall 028B | 1,601 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.2% |
| Walsall 028C | 1,471 | 14.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Walsall 028D | 1,524 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.7% |
| Walsall 032A | 1,425 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 032B | 1,476 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.9% |
| Walsall 032C | 1,695 | 18.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.1% |
| Walsall 032D | 1,863 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
MPs for B74
- Sir Andrew MitchellConservativeMP for Sutton Coldfield52% of B74’s postcodes
- Wendy MortonConservativeMP for Aldridge-Brownhills38% of B74’s postcodes
- Sarah EdwardsLabourMP for Tamworth10% of B74’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 B746
Postcode sectors in B743
Councils B74 covers3
Towns in B742
Postcode districts next to B747
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B74 in brief
B74 is a postcode district covering Royal Sutton Coldfield, Streetly and Hardwick, in Birmingham, Walsall and Lichfield.
About 32,914 people lived in B74 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £385,000 in 2025 across 501 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B74 was £385,000 in 2025.
B74 had 32,829 usual residents at the census.
About 55% of people in B74 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B74, 86.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.