UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/b38
B38Birmingham, England
House prices in B38, Birmingham
Homes in B38 sold for a median of £242,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 454 standard sales.
That puts it in the middle third of the 71 B postcode districts with at least 100 sales.
Prices by property type
| Type | Sales | Median price | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 57 | £450,000 | £345,000 to £625,000 |
| Semi-detached | 169 | £270,000 | £240,000 to £298,000 |
| Terraced | 179 | £205,000 | £184,000 to £245,000 |
| Flats and maisonettes | 49 | £125,000 | £95,000 to £140,000 |
B38 has too few sales linked to an energy certificate for its own price per m². Across the B postcode area, whose median sale price is within 20% of B38's, it was £3,191 per m² from 1,385 linked sales.
Terraced houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers here, at 39% and 37% of sales.
The gap between types is wide: detached houses sold for 3.6 times the median for flats, so compare an asking price with the same type of home.
Compare an asking price
- Check a home for its floor area
- How much to offer, then how to put the offer in writing
- Work out stamp duty
Where prices are higher in B38
Of the postcode sectors with at least 20 standard sales, prices were highest in B38 0, around Birmingham, with a median of £275,000, and lowest in B38 9, around Birmingham, at £213,500. Dashed outlines on the map show roughly where the two sectors are.
Each dot is a postcode in B38 with at least 3 standard sales from September 2024 to August 2026, shaded by the median price of those sales. Select a dot for its median and a link to its sales, or use the list below the map.
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List the 64 postcodes on the map, dearest first
| Postcode | Median price | Standard sales |
|---|---|---|
| B38 8DT | £764,500 | 4 |
| B38 8DR | £715,000 | 3 |
| B38 8BG | £540,000 | 3 |
| B38 8YP | £377,500 | 3 |
| B38 0DY | £370,500 | 3 |
| B38 8EA | £367,500 | 5 |
| B38 8AN | £360,000 | 3 |
| B38 8NT | £360,000 | 4 |
| B38 9UX | £350,000 | 3 |
| B38 8TD | £345,000 | 3 |
| B38 8PH | £340,000 | 3 |
| B38 9FG | £340,000 | 3 |
| B38 8RD | £335,500 | 4 |
| B38 8DY | £320,000 | 3 |
| B38 0AP | £295,000 | 3 |
| B38 8PD | £290,000 | 4 |
| B38 8PW | £288,000 | 3 |
| B38 8PA | £287,000 | 4 |
| B38 9FP | £285,000 | 3 |
| B38 8DX | £275,000 | 6 |
| B38 8HG | £275,000 | 3 |
| B38 8NG | £275,000 | 4 |
| B38 8YU | £273,500 | 3 |
| B38 8PN | £272,500 | 3 |
| B38 9AT | £272,000 | 11 |
| B38 8LE | £270,000 | 3 |
| B38 8NL | £270,000 | 7 |
| B38 9FL | £259,000 | 3 |
| B38 8NH | £256,000 | 5 |
| B38 9NY | £256,000 | 4 |
| B38 8YX | £255,000 | 3 |
| B38 9FS | £250,000 | 3 |
| B38 8LX | £246,000 | 4 |
| B38 9AL | £240,000 | 3 |
| B38 8HE | £236,000 | 4 |
| B38 9ER | £225,000 | 3 |
| B38 9AG | £220,000 | 7 |
| B38 9LZ | £215,000 | 3 |
| B38 8HP | £212,500 | 4 |
| B38 8YG | £210,000 | 3 |
| B38 9RL | £209,000 | 3 |
| B38 9BU | £206,500 | 3 |
| B38 9RZ | £205,000 | 4 |
| B38 9DZ | £201,000 | 4 |
| B38 9LP | £197,000 | 3 |
| B38 8XZ | £195,000 | 3 |
| B38 9TP | £192,000 | 3 |
| B38 8JX | £190,000 | 3 |
| B38 9RY | £190,000 | 4 |
| B38 8XF | £187,500 | 3 |
| B38 9SG | £187,500 | 3 |
| B38 9UT | £186,000 | 4 |
| B38 9US | £183,000 | 3 |
| B38 8AA | £182,000 | 3 |
| B38 9SQ | £178,000 | 3 |
| B38 9PD | £177,500 | 4 |
| B38 9UW | £146,500 | 4 |
| B38 9PB | £140,000 | 3 |
| B38 8RU | £135,000 | 6 |
| B38 8QY | £127,000 | 4 |
| B38 8BH | £122,000 | 3 |
| B38 9RE | £120,000 | 8 |
| B38 8RH | £68,000 | 4 |
| B38 8NE | £57,000 | 3 |
Prices over time
The median rose 58%, from £152,500 in 2016 to £241,500 in 2025, more than the 48% rise for a typical district in the West Midlands.
Postcode districts in the Birmingham council area
Median sale price of the 38 districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first, each named by its post town. B38 is the sixteenth most expensive. B38 and the 14 districts nearest it in the ranking are shown.
- B15 Birmingham£269,000
- B45 Birmingham£260,000
- B13 Birmingham£258,000
- B14 Birmingham£253,500
- B29 Birmingham£250,000
- B26 Birmingham£245,000
- B20 Birmingham£243,500
- B38 Birmingham, this district£242,000
- B16 Birmingham£240,000
- B24 Birmingham£240,000
- B31 Birmingham£235,000
- B32 Birmingham£230,000
- B1 Birmingham£225,000
- B27 Birmingham£225,000
- B5 Birmingham£222,500
All 38 districts in Birmingham, ranked
Energy ratings of homes for sale
| Rating | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | |
| B | 15 | |
| C | 297 | |
| D | 147 | |
| E | 26 | |
| F | 2 | |
| G | 4 |
64% of homes put up for sale were rated C or better, against 52% across England and Wales.
Recent sales
The 10 latest sales ran from £140,000 for a terraced house on Westcroft Grove to £800,000 for a detached house on Beaks Hill Road.
The latest standard sales recorded in B38. Sales take 2 weeks to 2 months to appear (how to find out what a house sold for). Select an address to check that home, or a postcode for every sale there.
- 60 Redditch RoadSold for £255,000
- 59 Grange Farm DriveSold for £202,000
- 665 Redditch RoadSold for £220,000
- 31 Westcroft GroveSold for £140,000
- 8 Hill Bank RoadSold for £215,000
- 10 Beaks Hill RoadSold for £540,000
- 21 Highwood CroftSold for £233,000
- 43 Beaks Hill RoadSold for £800,000
- 5 Riverside CourtSold for £182,000
- 31 Marbury CloseSold for £245,000
Streets with the most standard sales, with their median price, September 2024 to August 2026:
- Redditch Road, Kings Norton£231,50030 sales
- Rednal Road, Birmingham£349,00022 sales
- Green Acres Road, Birmingham£261,50014 sales
- Hawthorn Way, Birmingham£272,00011 sales
Living in B38
Crime
104 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026
Higher than 80 in 100 postcode districts. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of postcode districts are between 47 and 93.
The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.
Gigabit broadband
Across its postcodes, an average of 95% of homes can get it
Higher than 80 in 100 postcode districts. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of postcode districts are between 73% and 94%.
Radon
No postcode is in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area
Lower than 73 in 100 postcode districts.
In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.
Council tax
Band D is £2,363 a year in Birmingham for 2026 to 2027
Lower than 65 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.
Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.
The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).
Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Prices by council ward
Median price in the council wards that cover most of B38, from the sales in B38, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first:
- King's Norton North 195 sales£270,000
- King's Norton South 243 sales£215,000
Fewer than 30 sales, so no median: Longbridge & West Heath and Wythall West.
When the homes were built
| Built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 75 | ||
| 85 | ||
| 215 | ||
| 52 | ||
| 21 | ||
| 30 |
Coal mining
None of the 472 live postcodes in B38 is in the Mining Remediation Authority's coal mining reporting area, although 41% of postcodes in the West Midlands are.
About these figures
The figures come from 454 standard sales in B38, the latest on 28 August 2026 (what counts as a standard sale). Of these, 11% were flats.
Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.