89 power cuts since 29 September, 7 of them on Tuesday 27 October
- 89new cuts since 29 Sept
- 7in one day, 27 Oct
- 38of 45 days with a cut
www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/birminghamOfficial feeds, counted daily
Santa is due in Birmingham at 00:10, just after midnight on Christmas Eve. See his flight plan
Right now: quiet. No unplanned power cuts in Birmingham at 06:20.
Power cuts
89
new unplanned cuts in the Birmingham area, on 38 of 45 days
Busiest day: 27 October, during Storms Austen and Boelo. Birmingham had more cuts a day, for its size, than 12 of the 99 towns we track.
See every day →From our record of every cut National Grid publishes, read every 10 minutes and counted by the day each cut started; last counted Fri 13 Nov, 11:35. These are minimums. One fault can affect many streets, so this is how often cuts happen in the area, not how often one home loses power.
Flood
1 in 40
homes in Birmingham has some flood risk
2,745 at high risk
Birmingham area guideEnvironment Agency, RoFRS edition v202606.
Weather
No Met Office warnings for West Midlands right now
All warningsMet Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.
Water
Severn Trent Water
No hosepipe banHosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.
Break-ins
Burglary rate
71% above averagepolice.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).
If a cut at your home ran past 12 hours, you may be owed money. Check a cut
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Sources: National Grid live network data, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20, counted daily by us (last Fri 13 Nov, 11:35). Environment Agency flood risk, RoFRS edition v202606. Met Office warnings, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20. Water companies and the Environment Agency, for hosepipe bans, confirmed 5 Nov 2026. police.uk recorded crime, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime). Figures cover the Birmingham council area, not a single street.
