Greet & Mid Sparkhill

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 8,230 · 5 LSOAs

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

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,654 of 6,856 in England
  • #704 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #105 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,306
Median age (est.)30
Density5,332per km²
No qualifications34%
Degree or above22%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 17%25–44 29%45–64 18%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 14%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 18%Couple, no children: 5%Couple with children: 37%Lone parent: 15%Other: 25%
One person 18%Couple, no children 5%Couple with children 37%Lone parent 15%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Process & plant 14% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Process & plant14%
Professional12%
Sales & customer service12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 11%Asian: 76%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 6%
White 11%Asian 76%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 77% · Christian 9% · No religion 4%

Born outside the UK: 40%

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

Greet & Mid Sparkhill is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,654 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #105 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (26) and lowest on Income (1). Typical homes here, about £210,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 45% in five years (from 24 sales), 11% below the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,235 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 120 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 1 · #6,805
Employment 7 · #6,401
Education 4 · #6,551
Health 18 · #5,619
Crime 22 · #5,311
Housing & access 26 · #5,071
Living environment 2 · #6,743

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · +23.9% yr · n=24
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,00024+23.9%+44.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£280,0007+25.8%+45.5%
Terraced£183,50015+9.6%+32.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£210,000
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)£31,235±£4,682 · #6,133 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£19,489
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

120 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 986 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,450 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences570
Theft82
Burglary24
Vehicle crime68
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons82
Drugs42
Robbery17
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 55 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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