So you are thinking of moving to Birmingham in West Midlands? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Birmingham is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Birmingham the land of milk and honey or are Oldbury, Smethwick and West Bromwich a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Birmingham
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of July 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Birmingham. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Bordesley | 379 |
| Netchells Green | 315 |
| Gib Heath | 283 |
| Highgate | 277 |
| Birmingham | 244 |
| Saltley | 244 |
| Rotton Park | 235 |
| Aston | 201 |
| Ladywood | 194 |
| Balsall Heath | 185 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Birmingham. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Birmingham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Newtown (Best) | 10177/32845 |
| Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East | 12137/32845 |
| Edgbaston | 13387/32845 |
| Bordesley Green | 14135/32845 |
| Bordesley & Highgate | 6504/32845 |
| Lozells | 6589/32845 |
| Soho & Jewellery Quarter | 7630/32845 |
| North Edgbaston | 7956/32845 |
| Balsall Heath West | 9202/32845 |
| Ladywood (Worst) | 9699/32845 |
Northfield, Birmingham, the worst place anybody could wish to live
Your Health in Birmingham
If you are thinking of moving to Birmingham, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Birmingham compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham (Birmingham) | 1.65% | 5.04% | 13.87% | 33.91% | 45.53% |
| Sandwell | 1.8% | 5.9% | 15.61% | 34.76% | 41.93% |
| Solihull | 1.21% | 3.99% | 13.09% | 34.2% | 47.51% |
| Bromsgrove | 1.1% | 3.72% | 12.69% | 33.43% | 49.05% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Birmingham. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Birmingham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Edgbaston (Best) | 14430/32845 |
| Balsall Heath West | 3361/32845 |
| Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East | 4942/32845 |
| Bordesley Green | 5060/32845 |
| Bordesley & Highgate | 6090/32845 |
| Lozells | 6163/32845 |
| Soho & Jewellery Quarter | 7019/32845 |
| Newtown | 7759/32845 |
| Ladywood | 8072/32845 |
| North Edgbaston (Worst) | 8553/32845 |
Sutton Coldfield - Where good taste goes to die
Deprivation in Birmingham
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Birmingham. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Lozells (Best) | 1273/32845 |
| Edgbaston | 13015/32845 |
| Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East | 1370/32845 |
| Balsall Heath West | 1616/32845 |
| Bordesley Green | 1641/32845 |
| Newtown | 3603/32845 |
| Bordesley & Highgate | 3850/32845 |
| Soho & Jewellery Quarter | 5270/32845 |
| North Edgbaston | 6167/32845 |
| Ladywood (Worst) | 8687/32845 |
Walsall: the garbage town of England
Yardley Wood. The haven for pisstramps.
Winson Green, Birmingham: it was a BIG mistake moving there, it’s a major hole!
Castle Bromwhich is a hole to live in
Erdington, the u-bend in the toilet of North Birmingham
Dudley – A major hole
Wyrley Birch Estate, Erdington, Birmingham, never leave any valuables on sight
Northfield, Birmingham, the worst place anybody could wish to live
The (not so royal) Town of Sutton Coldfield