Property Diligence

Edgbaston (B15) or Moseley (B13): an area comparison

Edgbaston has the lower recorded-sale median by £22,250. 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?

Edgbaston: £242,750. Moseley: £265,000.

Edgbaston is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Edgbaston: 7. Moseley: 17 open establishments.

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

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: B15 103, B13 125. mapped green-space sites: B15 33, B13 52.

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

The broad price gap is £22,250 across the 24-month samples. That gives Edgbaston the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Edgbaston has 7 registered schools, 33 mapped green-space sites and 103 bus nodes. Moseley has 17, 52 and 125 respectively.

District prices

B15 recorded 252 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £242,750. The £416,221 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

B13 recorded 580 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £265,000. The £343,323 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

B15

Median recorded sale
£242,750
Average recorded sale
£416,221
Recorded sales
252 (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.

B13

Median recorded sale
£265,000
Average recorded sale
£343,323
Recorded sales
580 (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 3,758 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,931, or 51.4% of the total.

Police.uk records 3,759 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 2,013, or 53.6% of the total.

B15

Reported crime, 12 months
3,758
Selected report-category share
1,931 (51.4%)
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.

B13

Reported crime, 12 months
3,759
Selected report-category share
2,013 (53.6%)
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. B15 has a median of 5.0. 35.7% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 31.6% 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. B13 has a median of 6.0. 35.5% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 35.6% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

B15

Median IMD decile
5.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
35.7%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
31.6%
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.

B13

Median IMD decile
6.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
35.5%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
35.6%
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 7 open establishments in B15. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 17 open establishments in B13. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

B15

Registered school sites
7 (Nursery: 1, Primary: 4, Secondary: 2)
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.

B13

Registered school sites
17 (Primary: 11, Secondary: 6)
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 33 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 109.89 hectares, including 6 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 52 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 352.15 hectares, including 7 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

B15

Mapped OS green-space sites
33
Mapped site area
109.89 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.

B13

Mapped OS green-space sites
52
Mapped site area
352.15 ha
Public parks or gardens
7
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 469 postcode units. 33 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 52 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 755 postcode units. 155 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 126 have medium-risk surroundings.

B15

Postcode units in source
469
Units with high-risk surroundings
33
Units with medium-risk surroundings
52
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.

B13

Postcode units in source
755
Units with high-risk surroundings
155
Units with medium-risk surroundings
126
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 16.7 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 12.9 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

B15

Median annual mean NO₂
16.7 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.

B13

Median annual mean NO₂
12.9 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 103 active bus nodes and 8 rail, metro or tram nodes across B15. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 125 active bus nodes and 1 rail, metro or tram nodes across B13. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

B15

Active bus access nodes
103
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.

B13

Active bus access nodes
125
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.

B15

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.

B13

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 182 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 1 fatal, 27 serious and 154 slight.

DfT records 198 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 0 fatal, 39 serious and 159 slight.

B15

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
182
Fatal
1
Serious
27
Slight
154
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.

B13

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
198
Fatal
0
Serious
39
Slight
159
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

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