Does B12 flood?

Yes — parts of the B12 district carry real flood risk: 14 of its 65 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B12 postcode district covers Balsall Heath West, Bordesley & Highgate, Moseley, close to Edgbaston, Selly Park, Brookvale Road, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

65 postcodes in the B12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 14 high, 6 medium, 7 low, 38 very low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which B12 postcodes are at risk?

B12 0LN up to High B12 0RP up to High B12 0RT up to High B12 0SD up to High B12 0SJ up to High B12 0SQ up to High B12 0SS up to High B12 0SU up to High B12 0UU up to High B12 0XR up to High B12 0YN up to High B12 0YR up to High B12 9NA up to High B12 9QH up to High B12 0JU up to Medium B12 0PG up to Medium B12 0QX up to Medium B12 0QY up to Medium B12 0SH up to Medium B12 0XS up to Medium B12 0AJ up to Low B12 0AL up to Low B12 0LX up to Low B12 0NB up to Low B12 0QR up to Low B12 0ST up to Low B12 9ND up to Low B12 9DP up to Very low B12 9DW up to Very low B12 9ED up to Very low B12 9EE up to Very low B12 9EF up to Very low B12 9EG up to Very low B12 9EH up to Very low B12 9EQ up to Very low B12 9EX up to Very low B12 9HA up to Very low B12 9HD up to Very low B12 9HE up to Very low B12 9HF up to Very low B12 9LB up to Very low B12 9LF up to Very low B12 9LG up to Very low B12 9LH up to Very low B12 9LJ up to Very low B12 9LN up to Very low B12 9LQ up to Very low B12 9LW up to Very low B12 9LX up to Very low B12 9LY up to Very low B12 9LZ up to Very low B12 9NB up to Very low B12 9NE up to Very low B12 9NG up to Very low B12 9NH up to Very low B12 9NJ up to Very low B12 9NL up to Very low B12 9NN up to Very low B12 9NQ up to Very low B12 9NT up to Very low B12 9NW up to Very low B12 9NX up to Very low B12 9SY up to Very low B12 9TA up to Very low B12 9TB up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B12

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

533 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (116 at warning level or above), most recently 31 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B11 B13 B14 B15 B9 B8 B17 B7

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.