85.6% of homes and businesses in Birmingham can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 6.6 points in a year: 36,784 more premises can now order it. 1,888 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 495,645 premises (homes and businesses), January 2026.
Share of premises that can order full fibre (and gigabit, which also counts cable).
Full fibre Gigabit-capable (incl. cable)
| Birmingham | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 85.6% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 95% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.6% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Birmingham ranks 127th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
44,402 of 525,349 premises in BDUK's records (8.5%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| B1 | 86% | 93% | 0.5% | 316 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B2 | 89% | 90% | 0% | 104 |
| B3 | 77% | 87% | 0% | 176 |
| B4 | 70% | 76% | 1.9% | 181 |
| B5 | 80% | 86% | 0.5% | 427 |
| B6 | 94% | 96% | 0.2% | 413 |
| B7 | 85% | 86% | 5.9% | 275 |
| B8 | 95% | 97% | 1.5% | 575 |
| B9 | 96% | 97% | 0.3% | 391 |
| B10 | 97% | 98% | 0.6% | 319 |
| B11 | 97% | 98% | 0.8% | 607 |
| B12 | 92% | 95% | 0.1% | 475 |
| B13 | 94% | 98% | 0% | 643 |
| B14 | 98% | 99% | 0.1% | 773 |
| B15 | 75% | 88% | 2.4% | 479 |
| B16 | 89% | 96% | 0.6% | 458 |
| B17 | 96% | 99% | 0% | 553 |
| B18 | 88% | 93% | 0.9% | 452 |
| B19 | 91% | 92% | 0.8% | 452 |
| B20 | 97% | 99% | 0% | 533 |
| B21 | 98% | 99% | 0.2% | 436 |
| B23 | 97% | 98% | 0.2% | 800 |
| B24 | 95% | 96% | 2.8% | 574 |
| B25 | 97% | 98% | 0.4% | 257 |
| B26 | 96% | 97% | 2.1% | 572 |
| B27 | 98% | 99% | 0% | 432 |
| B28 | 97% | 99% | 0% | 604 |
| B29 | 93% | 98% | 0.1% | 792 |
| B30 | 95% | 97% | 0.6% | 595 |
| B32 | 98% | 99% | 0.4% | 734 |
| B33 | 98% | 99% | 1% | 687 |
| B34 | 99% | 99% | 0.5% | 327 |
| B35 | 89% | 97% | 2.5% | 282 |
| B36 | 97% | 99% | 0.5% | 572 |
| B38 | 93% | 95% | 3.2% | 475 |
| B42 | 97% | 97% | 0.3% | 415 |
| B43 | 88% | 100% | 0.1% | 549 |
| B44 | 98% | 99% | 0.7% | 636 |
| B66 | 92% | 99% | 0.1% | 567 |
| B73 | 92% | 98% | 0.9% | 478 |
85.6% of premises in Birmingham could order full fibre in January 2026, and 95% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Birmingham went from 79% in January 2025 to 85.6% in January 2026: 36,784 more premises.
1,888 premises in Birmingham (0.4%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 9 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 37% of premises that can get full fibre in Birmingham have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
44,402 premises in Birmingham can't get gigabit broadband yet. 11,300 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 33,102 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 40 postcode districts we cover for Birmingham, B34 has the most gigabit coverage (99% on average) and B4 the least (70%).
100% of premises in Birmingham have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 99.1%.