Birmingham house prices
How the Birmingham property market looks across its postcode districts — sold prices, the busiest areas, and where value varies, drawn from official Land Registry records.
Sold prices across Birmingham
Based on 2,391 sales recorded across 4 postcode districts in the last three years.
Districts are mapped to Birmingham for guidance and may extend slightly beyond the local-authority boundary. The borough figure is a sales-weighted blend of district medians.
Living in Birmingham: is it a nice area?
What the official deprivation statistics say about quality of life here, relative to the rest of England.
On the official English Indices of Deprivation, the 616 neighbourhoods that make up Birmingham average 3.2 out of 10 (1 = most deprived in England, 10 = least) — more deprived than most of England. 20% of its neighbourhoods sit in the least-deprived half of the country, while 54% are in the most-deprived fifth. On the index's crime domain it averages 3.5/10, pointing to higher recorded-crime pressure relative to England as a whole. Averages hide street-level variation — the map below shows how each neighbourhood differs.
Mean decile across 616 Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs): 1 = among the most deprived 10% in England, 10 = the least. Source: English Indices of Deprivation (MHCLG).
From the borough to the doorstep
Area figures show the market. A Housometer report tells you about a specific home in Birmingham.
An evidence-based estimate with a confidence range, every sale since 1995, and the nearest comparables.
EPC rating, floor area, heating type and what the home costs to run.
The exact band for this property and what it costs you each year.
River, sea and surface-water flood risk, with the nearest watercourse.
Subsidence and ground stability, radon potential and coal-mining legacy.
Recent crime in the immediate area, by type and trend, plus road safety.
Birmingham house prices — FAQs
What is the average house price in Birmingham?
The typical (sales-weighted median) sold price across Birmingham over the last three years is £239,551, from 2,391 HM Land Registry sales across 4 postcode districts.
What's the cheapest part of Birmingham to buy in?
Of the postcode districts we track, B5 has the lowest median sold price (£215,000) and B29 the highest (£248,000) — a spread worth exploring street by street, since averages hide a lot inside a borough.
Is Birmingham a nice area to live?
"Nice" is personal, but the official data gives a baseline: neighbourhoods in Birmingham average 3.2/10 on the English Indices of Deprivation (10 = least deprived), with 20% in the least-deprived half of England. Deprivation, income, education, health and crime all vary street by street — check the specific address, not just the area.
Is Birmingham safe?
On the crime domain of the English Indices of Deprivation, the area around Birmingham averages 3.5/10 (10 = lowest recorded-crime deprivation in England). That's an area-wide average from official data — a Housometer report maps 24 months of street-level recorded crime around any specific address.
How do I check a specific property in Birmingham?
Borough figures set the scene, but every home differs. A Housometer report scores an individual Birmingham address across value, energy, flood & ground risk, crime, schools, transport, noise and more — search any address to see it.
Sold-price figures derived from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (© Crown copyright), under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full reports also draw on HM Land Registry, Ordnance Survey, Environment Agency, VOA, Ofsted, Police.uk, DEFRA, ONS and more.