Belchers Lane & Eastfield Road

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 10,563 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,743 of 6,856 in England
  • #722 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #118 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,496
Median age (est.)28
Density7,098per km²
No qualifications35%
Degree or above18%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 28%15–24 18%25–44 28%45–64 19%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 27%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 6%Couple with children: 37%Lone parent: 17%Other: 19%
One person 21%Couple, no children 6%Couple with children 37%Lone parent 17%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Process & plant 17% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Process & plant17%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service11%
Skilled trades8%
Associate professional8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 15%Asian: 67%Black: 8%Mixed: 3%Other: 7%
White 15%Asian 67%Black 8%Mixed 3%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Muslim 75% · Christian 13% · No religion 6%

Born outside the UK: 36%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Belchers Lane & Eastfield Road is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,743 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #118 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (17) and lowest on Income (0). Typical homes here, about £207,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 43% in five years (from 41 sales), 12% below the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,269 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 95 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 0 · #6,826
Employment 6 · #6,476
Education 1 · #6,791
Health 12 · #6,010
Crime 15 · #5,797
Housing & access 17 · #5,708
Living environment 14 · #5,887

House prices ?

£207,500median (12m) · +3.8% yr · n=41
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£207,50041+3.8%+42.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£219,50014+2.1%+37.2%
Terraced£199,00026+10.6%+37.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£207,500
Birmingham£237,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£35,269±£5,315 · #4,943 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£20,816
Price-to-income ?5.9×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

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Recorded crime ?

95 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,008 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,764 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences600
Theft59
Burglary30
Vehicle crime72
Criminal damage & arson93
Public order & weapons85
Drugs23
Robbery27
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 73 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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