Property Diligence

Bournville (B30) or Kings Heath (B14): an area comparison

Kings Heath has the lower recorded-sale median by £20,000. The cards below show how the two areas compare on prices, schools, green space, local profile and transport.

The short answer

Which has the lower district median?

Bournville: £270,000. Kings Heath: £250,000.

Kings Heath is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Bournville: 12. Kings Heath: 20 open establishments.

This is the size of each district's registered school base.

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: B30 133, B14 176. mapped green-space sites: B30 55, B14 43.

These counts show the scale of each district's transport and outdoor offer.

The broad price gap is £20,000 across the 24-month samples. That gives Kings Heath the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Bournville has 12 registered schools, 55 mapped green-space sites and 133 bus nodes. Kings Heath has 20, 43 and 176 respectively.

District prices

B30 recorded 655 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £270,000. The £286,907 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

B14 recorded 882 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £250,000. The £280,275 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

B30

Median recorded sale
£270,000
Average recorded sale
£286,907
Recorded sales
655 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

B14

Median recorded sale
£250,000
Average recorded sale
£280,275
Recorded sales
882 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

Crime and serious-crime share

Police.uk records 2,964 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,346, or 45.4% of the total.

Police.uk records 5,328 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 2,543, or 47.7% of the total.

B30

Reported crime, 12 months
2,964
Selected report-category share
1,346 (45.4%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

B14

Reported crime, 12 months
5,328
Selected report-category share
2,543 (47.7%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

Local-area deprivation context

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. B30 has a median of 5.0. 16.6% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 0.2% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. B14 has a median of 3.0. 50.6% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 18.3% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

B30

Median IMD decile
5.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
16.6%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
0.2%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

B14

Median IMD decile
3.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
50.6%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
18.3%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

Schools

The register lists 12 open establishments in B30. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 20 open establishments in B14. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

B30

Registered school sites
12 (All-through: 1, Primary: 8, Secondary: 3)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

B14

Registered school sites
20 (Nursery: 2, Primary: 14, Secondary: 4)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

Green space and outdoor sport

OS maps 55 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 107.84 hectares, including 8 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 43 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 141.72 hectares, including 6 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

B30

Mapped OS green-space sites
55
Mapped site area
107.84 ha
Public parks or gardens
8
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

B14

Mapped OS green-space sites
43
Mapped site area
141.72 ha
Public parks or gardens
6
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

Flood context

The source covers 606 postcode units. 64 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 86 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 772 postcode units. 190 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 147 have medium-risk surroundings.

B30

Postcode units in source
606
Units with high-risk surroundings
64
Units with medium-risk surroundings
86
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

B14

Postcode units in source
772
Units with high-risk surroundings
190
Units with medium-risk surroundings
147
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

Air quality

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 12.8 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 11.7 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

B30

Median annual mean NO₂
12.8 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

B14

Median annual mean NO₂
11.7 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

Transport access nodes

NaPTAN contains 133 active bus nodes and 8 rail, metro or tram nodes across B30. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 176 active bus nodes and 1 rail, metro or tram nodes across B14. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

B30

Active bus access nodes
133
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
8
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

B14

Active bus access nodes
176
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
1
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Broadband availability

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

B30

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

B14

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

Road safety

DfT records 153 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 3 fatal, 28 serious and 122 slight.

DfT records 165 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 2 fatal, 33 serious and 130 slight.

B30

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
153
Fatal
3
Serious
28
Slight
122
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

B14

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
165
Fatal
2
Serious
33
Slight
130
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Sources and method

For an address-specific desk check, Property Diligence’s paid report adds the more detailed property-level information available from public sources.