Does B5 flood?

Yes — parts of the B5 district carry real flood risk: 55 of its 101 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B5 postcode district covers Bordesley & Highgate, Balsall Heath West, Edgbaston, close to Selly Park, Brookvale Road, Perry Barr, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

101 postcodes in the B5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 55 high, 11 medium, 14 low, 21 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 B5 postcodes are at risk?

B5 5NF up to High B5 5NH up to High B5 5NJ up to High B5 5NL up to High B5 5NQ up to High B5 5NR up to High B5 5PG up to High B5 5QA up to High B5 5QB up to High B5 5QD up to High B5 5QF up to High B5 5QH up to High B5 5RT up to High B5 5RX up to High B5 5SA up to High B5 5SE up to High B5 5SL up to High B5 5SR up to High B5 5SS up to High B5 5ST up to High B5 5SU up to High B5 5TL up to High B5 5TP up to High B5 5TR up to High B5 6AH up to High B5 6AP up to High B5 6AX up to High B5 6AY up to High B5 6BB up to High B5 6DH up to High B5 6DY up to High B5 6ET up to High B5 6HA up to High B5 6HT up to High B5 6HX up to High B5 6JP up to High B5 6JX up to High B5 6LB up to High B5 6LE up to High B5 6LG up to High B5 6RL up to High B5 6TG up to High B5 7BU up to High B5 7BX up to High B5 7DA up to High B5 7DP up to High B5 7DR up to High B5 7HE up to High B5 7HP up to High B5 7HQ up to High B5 7HR up to High B5 7HT up to High B5 7HY up to High B5 7JE up to High B5 7JP up to High B5 5BL up to Medium B5 5PN up to Medium B5 5RR up to Medium B5 5RS up to Medium B5 6DA up to Medium B5 6DB up to Medium B5 6DT up to Medium B5 6LT up to Medium B5 6TN up to Medium B5 7EP up to Medium B5 7JG up to Medium B5 5LS up to Low B5 5RG up to Low B5 6JL up to Low B5 6NB up to Low B5 7BT up to Low B5 7EJ up to Low B5 7LD up to Low B5 7QU up to Low B5 7RJ up to Low B5 7RL up to Low B5 7RN up to Low B5 7SD up to Low B5 7SQ up to Low B5 7SW up to Low B5 7LA up to Very low B5 7LY up to Very low B5 7NH up to Very low B5 7NJ up to Very low B5 7NN up to Very low B5 7NQ up to Very low B5 7NW up to Very low B5 7PH up to Very low B5 7PU up to Very low B5 7PX up to Very low B5 7PY up to Very low B5 7PZ up to Very low B5 7QB up to Very low B5 7QD up to Very low B5 7QS up to Very low B5 7QX up to Very low B5 7RA up to Very low B5 7RB up to Very low B5 7RE up to Very low B5 7RF up to Very low B5 7RZ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B5

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

B4 B6 B7 B8 B9 B11 B12 B13

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.