Birmingham property guide

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Birmingham, West Midlands. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of February 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register.

Median sale price (12m)

£225,000

Sales registered (12m)

6,247

Open schools

580

House prices in Birmingham

The median sale price in Birmingham over the last 12 months was £225,000, across 6,247 recorded transactions. That is 0.9% higher than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Birmingham, accounting for 2,446 of the period's sales at a median of £210,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£385,000	491
Semi-detached	£255,000	2,161
Terraced	£210,000	2,446
Flat	£140,000	1,007
Other	£200,000	142

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Schools in Birmingham

Birmingham has 580 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 342 primary, 94 secondary and 104 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Birmingham centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Holy Trinity Catholic School	B10 0AX	0.6 km
Small Heath Leadership Academy	B10 9RX	0.9 km
Ark St Alban's Academy	B12 0YH	1.5 km
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form	B9 4TR	1.5 km
BOA Digital Technologies Academy	B7 4EU	1.7 km

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Crime in Birmingham

In Birmingham, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (33.6%), vehicle crime (10.9%) and criminal damage and arson (9.1%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	33.6%
Vehicle crime	10.9%
Criminal damage and arson	9.1%
Anti-social behaviour	8.9%
Other theft	7.1%

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Postcode districts in Birmingham

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Birmingham boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
B12	118,501
B13	118,501
B14	118,501
B15	118,501
B16	118,501

Living near Birmingham

Nearby towns include Solihull, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Walsall and Sutton Coldfield.

Solihull
Coventry
Wolverhampton
Walsall
Sutton Coldfield

Other places in West Midlands

Solihull

Frequently asked questions about Birmingham

The median sale price in Birmingham over the last 12 months was £225,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 580 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Birmingham area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Birmingham over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 118,501 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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Birmingham sold prices

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Crime in Birmingham

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Schools in Birmingham

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