ICKNIELD STREET, B38 0AZ House Prices & Local Information

B38 0AZ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Icknield Street, 0.5km from Walkers Heath in Birmingham. Administratively it sits within King's Norton South ward and the Birmingham, Northfield constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, B38 0AZ is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. During the day, ethnically mixed workforce in transportation and storage. It has a young, student-heavy population (average age 25) — lively, but with high tenant turnover. 92% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 10% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £72k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for B38 0AZ are sourced from Output Area E00046251 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.