B4
Outer Postcode Area • 487 PostcodesWorking on listings or site checks?
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Commercial location facts for B4
Local facts for retail and business operators: residents, deprivation, nearby food businesses, noise and planning constraints.
English IoD 2025, 10 = least deprived
Food Standards Agency register
Not on the Defra noise map
Use class rights depend on the premises: check with the council
Local facts for businesses
Official figures for B4. Footfall, spending and rents are not measured here.
- Fastest broadband available
- Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)
- Ofcom
Food and drink businesses within 1 km
- Restaurants and cafés146
- Takeaways29
- Pubs and bars25
- Food shops and supermarkets49
Food Standards Agency register of inspected premises.
Planning constraints
planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC) & Historic England
- Article 4 direction
- Inside an area
- CITY WIDE HMO
- Tree preservation zone
- None recorded
Some permitted development rights are restricted here, so changes may need planning permission.
- Inside an Article 4 direction area (CITY WIDE HMO): some permitted development rights are removed, so planning permission may be needed.
- Inside the STEELHOUSE CITY CENTRE CONSERVATION AREA conservation area: stricter controls on external changes, demolition and tree works.
- 7 listed building(s) within 100m (nearest: Grade I Victoria Law Courts, 8m). Work affecting their setting may need extra consent.
Spatial screening uses the postcode centroid. Properties on boundaries must be checked against the council’s own maps.
Noise Pollution & Airport Flight Paths
Defra Strategic Noise Mapping (Agglomerations & Major Transport)
Data quality: Aggregated across 487 constituent postcodes
487 official/live sections, 0 fallback sections, 0 missing or limited sections. Generated 5 Oct 2026, 15:16.
Frequently Asked Questions
Official open-data answers about safety, schools, connectivity, and living in B4.
Is B4 a good place to live?
B4 in Birmingham scores 34.1/100 overall in the Postcodewise area report, which combines safety, schools, transport, housing, demographics, environment and connectivity from official open data.
What is the crime rate in B4?
The B4 report shows recent police-recorded crime levels and trends in Birmingham, sourced from Police.uk street-level data.
What schools are near B4?
The B4 schools report lists nearby primary and secondary schools with Ofsted-linked ratings and distances.
How well connected is B4?
The B4 report covers nearby transport links, broadband speeds and mobile coverage for the area.
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