B17 8JA
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Property report — B17 8JA
Open-data due diligence for B17 8JA and the area around it.
B17 8JA in brief: 59 recorded sales (£32,000–£210,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for B17 8JA itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the B17 8 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£331,789
Population
19,584
Crimes recorded
88
Schools
4
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
99%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in B17 8, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (16 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | £210,000 | 4 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2025-03-24 | £154,000 | 50 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2024-10-25 | £110,000 | 16 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2024-10-25 | £110,000 | 14 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2024-03-15 | £175,000 | 38 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2022-06-28 | £189,000 | 4 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2022-04-08 | £142,000 | 2 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2021-11-26 | £151,000 | 48 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2020-07-17 | £130,000 | 10 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2020-07-10 | £180,000 | 42 RIDGEWAY | Other |
| 2019-02-04 | £145,000 | 12 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2019-01-11 | £135,500 | 20 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2018-05-04 | £140,000 | 28 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2018-03-22 | £150,257 | 4 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2017-10-12 | £132,000 | 26 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2017-05-15 | £151,000 | 42 RIDGEWAY | Semi-detached |
| 2014-05-07 | £105,000 | 10 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2014-01-06 | £95,000 | 46 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2012-07-20 | £116,500 | 4 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2009-09-08 | £110,000 | 8 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2009-04-24 | £85,000 | 30 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2008-12-17 | £112,500 | 12 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2008-03-28 | £126,000 | 26 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2007-07-27 | £143,250 | 42 RIDGEWAY | Semi-detached |
| 2007-06-05 | £153,000 | 42 RIDGEWAY | Semi-detached |
| 2007-04-11 | £107,500 | 28 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2006-07-28 | £127,500 | 4 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2005-12-02 | £112,000 | 48 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2004-12-03 | £130,000 | 52 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2004-08-20 | £132,000 | 42 RIDGEWAY | Semi-detached |
| 2004-04-08 | £111,000 | 4 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2004-03-29 | £92,000 | 50 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2003-11-07 | £100,250 | 26 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2002-10-18 | £75,000 | 14 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2002-09-16 | £86,250 | 16 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2002-09-11 | £84,000 | 22 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2002-06-28 | £75,500 | 28 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2002-06-17 | £59,950 | 6 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2002-05-09 | £54,950 | 14 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2002-03-01 | £60,000 | 40 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2001-10-12 | £62,950 | 46 RIDGEWAY | Semi-detached |
| 2001-08-24 | £59,000 | 26 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2001-08-17 | £45,950 | 12 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2001-07-13 | £65,000 | 42 RIDGEWAY | Semi-detached |
| 2001-07-06 | £46,000 | 50 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2001-04-05 | £44,000 | 8 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2001-03-27 | £62,000 | 16 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 2000-08-31 | £44,000 | 38 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1999-09-17 | £43,000 | 26 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1999-02-04 | £39,000 | 32 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1998-11-06 | £32,000 | 14 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1998-08-24 | £47,950 | 4 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1997-09-30 | £42,950 | 48 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1997-01-10 | £40,000 | 6 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1997-01-03 | £37,000 | 12 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1996-09-06 | £40,500 | 4 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1996-04-25 | £32,000 | 52 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1996-03-28 | £39,000 | 38 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
| 1995-05-05 | £36,500 | 2 RIDGEWAY | Terraced |
59 recorded sales on B17 8JA. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Dixon Primary School | 0.2 mi | Primary | Requires improvement (2023) |
| George Dixon Academy | 0.3 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
| George Dixon Primary | 0.3 mi | Primary | Not yet inspected |
| Shireland Technology Primary | 0.4 mi | Primary | Outstanding (2023) |
| Shireland Hall Primary Academy | 0.4 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Shireland Collegiate Academy | 0.4 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: CITY HEALTH CENTRE (0.2 mi) · SHERWOOD HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE (0.4 mi) · BEARWOOD ROAD SURGERY (0.5 mi)
Nearest hospitals: MIDLAND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (0.8 mi) · HOB COMMUNITY CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY - CITY HOSPITAL (1.2 mi) · BIRMINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL (1.2 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: Anglican Church of St Germain (Grade II) (0.2 mi) · THE WATERLOO HOTEL (Grade II*) (0.4 mi) · FORMER LLOYDS BANK (Grade II) (0.5 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: AL-SHAFA (0.4 mi) · SHERWOOD HOUSE PHARMACY (0.4 mi) · BEARWOOD PHARMACY (0.5 mi)
Nearest stations: Smethwick Rolfe Street (1.2 mi) · Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro) (1.5 mi) · Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro) (1.5 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Sunrise Supermarket (0.4 mi) · U Mista Polish Supermarket (0.5 mi) · Aldi (0.6 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 39
- One-person households
- 34%
- Households with children
- 29%
- Households
- 7,704
Owned 59% · Social rent 10% · Private rent 29%
Census 2021 (ONS), for B17 8.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in B17 8 (May 24–Apr 26, average 100/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for B17 8JA in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictB17 | SectorB17 8 | PostcodeB17 8JA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £344,267 | £331,789 | £96,910 |
| Population | 39,520 | 19,584 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 6/10 | 6/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 302 | 88 | — |
| Schools | 10 | 4 | — |
| Flood risk | High | Low | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 97% | 99% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 99% | 100% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (B17 8); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 30 June 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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