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On Scotland Street, in Central
What it's like at B1 2RR: every home that has sold on Scotland Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Scotland Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
40 of the 147 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 1, Lexington Apartments, 2, Scotland StreetOther | Jul 2022 | £210,000 | 86 m² | £2,442/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Lexington Apartments, 2, Scotland StreetFlat | Aug 2026 | £90,000 | 60 m² | £1,500/m² | 2 |
| 3, Lexington Apartments, 2, Scotland StreetFlat | Jul 2019 | £225,000 | 83 m² | £2,711/m² | 3 |
| 4, Lexington Apartments, 2, Scotland StreetFlat | Jun 2025 | £155,000 | 58 m² | £2,672/m² | 4 |
| 5, Lexington Apartments, 2, Scotland StreetFlat | Feb 2023 | £215,500 | 80 m² | £2,694/m² | 5 |
| 6, Lexington Apartments, 2, Scotland StreetFlat | Jul 2014 | £210,000 | 86 m² | £2,442/m² | 2 |
| 7, Lexington Apartments, 2, Scotland StreetFlat | Nov 2019 | £265,000 | 87 m² | £3,046/m² | 4 |
| Lockside, 5, Scotland StreetOther | Sept 2020 | £2,220,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 50% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Centenary Square Metro station, a few minutes' walk (400 m). The nearest rail station is Birmingham Snow Hill, 850 m away, with 3.2m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Charlotte Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 87, 82); 129 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 4 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
61% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Nelson Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 72% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Jewellery Quarter Academy, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 35.2 · 1.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Aston University Engineering Academy (1.4 km) and St Paul's School for Girls (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Aston School (2.7 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth School (2.7 km).
Few families with young children: only 5% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co Operative Food Group, 350 m away, with The Wine Rack closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hockley Medical Practice (550 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Hair City One is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is City Health Campus, 2.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 266 restaurants and cafés and 40 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Camden West Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Flapper the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (31 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 1,130 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 64% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (COLMORE ROW AND ENVIRONS CONSERVATION AREA, JEWELLERY QUARTER CONSERVATION AREA).
58 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Birmingham Ladywood constituency: Shabana Mahmood MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 3,421 (9.4%), turnout 44%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Independent 33%, Green Party 10%, Conservative 6%.
171 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near B1 2RR →
There are 184 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (98%).
It's new: 82% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 1,050 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is City Centre Gardens, 200 m away; for exercise, Urbantrix (150 m).
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 21.7 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, Birmingham is 11 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 67% of households rent privately and 15% socially.
It's young: 49% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 67% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 20% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is University College Birmingham, 350 m away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Scotland Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 139 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 138 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 3.4% | 84.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 92.4% | 14.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.6% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 85 min
Nearest: Chasewater Railway · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.