B12 0EW Birmingham
Live postcode, introduced August 2024. Ward: Bordesley & Highgate. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Green Street, Birmingham: 85 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Birmingham in 2026-27: Band D £2,363 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,575 | £1,838 | £2,100 | £2,363 | £2,888 | £3,413 | £3,938 | £4,726 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (41% of about 1,700 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): CITY WIDE HMO.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- Roman Catholic Church of St Anne, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land corner of Bradford Street and Alcester Street, Bordesley & Highgate: up to 130 homes, permissioned (20 m)
- 260 Bradford Street, Deritend, Birmingham, B12 0QY: up to 131 homes, permissioned (70 m)
- Bull Ring trading Estate, High Street Deritend, Bordesley & Highgate: up to 342 homes, not permissioned (80 m)
- Former Irish Centre: up to 454 homes, permissioned (90 m)
- LAND BOUNDED BY BRADFORD STREET AND BIRCHALL STREET AND CHEAPSIDE: up to 484 homes, permissioned (110 m)
- BULL RING TRADING ESTATE: up to 995 homes, permissioned (120 m)
- Digbeth High Street Major Development Site 1: up to 770 homes, not permissioned (120 m)
- LAND FRONTING BRADFORD STREET AND ALCESTER STREET AND GREEN LANE: up to 160 homes, permissioned (120 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 109 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 90%, ultrafast 90%, gigabit 90% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bordesley 29,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Birmingham Moor Street 7.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 850 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Birmingham New Street 37 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Digbeth High Street (West Midlands Metro) | 280 m |
| Meriden Street (West Midlands Metro) | 650 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Curzon Street (West Midlands Metro) | 870 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 27 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 63 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Birchall Street Deritend | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Birmingham Coach Station Digbeth | 320 m |
| Car parks | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Trinity Street Car Park | 310 m |
| EV charging points | 13 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Babylon GP At Hand Birmingham | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 15 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Medisina Pharmacy | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Night Dental Limited | 370 m |
| Hospital | Birmingham Children's Hospital | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Police station | Digbeth Police Station | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Selfridges & Co, Bullring Cashzone | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Highgate Park 3.3 ha | 350 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 490 m² | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.8 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Storrs Place Private Allotments 1,750 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 6.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Old Crown Public House, a listed building (Grade II*), 190 m north. 54 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 9 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Old Crown Public House | Listed building, Grade II* | 190 m north |
| The Listed Building (formerly Floodgate School), Digbeth Campus, South Birmingham College | Listed building, Grade II* | 280 m north |
| The de Birmingham moated site, the seat of the medieval Lords of Birmingham | Scheduled monument | 600 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Stratford House | Listed building, Grade II* | 640 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Parish Church of St Martin | Listed building, Grade II* | 730 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Warstone Lane Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
| Cannon Hill Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Icknield Port Loop | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) west |
| Edgbaston Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) south-west |
| Soho Loop | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km (2 miles) north-west |
| Coldbath Pool | Lake or reservoir | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) south |
| Moseley New Pool | Lake or reservoir | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) south |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 20.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 85 | 85 |
None of the postcode's 85 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Birmingham: see them on the Birmingham page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 7% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 5% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 41% | 17% |
| Private rented | 53% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 10% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 25% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 9% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 21% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 70% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 10% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Green Street.