Five Ways North

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 8,973 · 5 LSOAs

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

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,722 of 6,856 in England
  • #552 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #66 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,456
Median age (est.)28
Density9,987per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above44%
No car or van61%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 25%25–44 41%45–64 15%65+ 4%

Tenure

Own outright: 5%Mortgage/shared: 7%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 47%
Own outright 5%Mortgage/shared 7%Social rent 40%Private rent 47%

Households

One person: 54%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 10%Other: 11%
One person 54%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 10%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Elementary 16% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Elementary16%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure9%
Managers & directors8%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Process & plant5%
Skilled trades5%

Ethnic group

White: 37%Asian: 19%Black: 28%Mixed: 7%Other: 8%
White 37%Asian 19%Black 28%Mixed 7%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Christian 35% · No religion 29% · Muslim 23%

Born outside the UK: 50%

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

Five Ways North is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,722 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #66 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (50) and lowest on Crime (7). Typical homes here sold for about £125,000 over the past year, down 43% across five years (from 20 sales), 47% below the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,365 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 236 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 16 · #5,763
Employment 20 · #5,516
Education 31 · #4,735
Health 19 · #5,551
Crime 7 · #6,380
Housing & access 50 · #3,446
Living environment 22 · #5,331

House prices ?

£125,000median (12m) · -36.9% yr · n=20
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£125,00020-36.9%-43.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Flat£125,00020-36.4%-43.2%
This area£125,000
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)£35,365±£5,378 · #4,908 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,189
Price-to-income ?3.5×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

236 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,122 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,265 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences968
Theft377
Burglary68
Vehicle crime238
Criminal damage & arson115
Public order & weapons162
Drugs107
Robbery72
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 149 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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