Hockley & Jewellery Quarter

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 9,086 · 5 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,613 of 6,856 in England
  • #694 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #97 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,960
Median age (est.)28
Density6,239per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above30%
No car or van46%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 17%25–44 33%45–64 18%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 10%Mortgage/shared: 13%Social rent: 49%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 10%Mortgage/shared 13%Social rent 49%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 18%Other: 14%
One person 35%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 18%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 22% · Professional 20% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary22%
Professional20%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative7%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades7%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 20%Asian: 33%Black: 36%Mixed: 5%Other: 6%
White 20%Asian 33%Black 36%Mixed 5%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 51% · Christian 27% · No religion 15%

Born outside the UK: 42%

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

Hockley & Jewellery Quarter is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,613 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #97 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (25) and lowest on Income (1). Typical homes here sold for about £191,000 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 30 sales), 19% below the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,958 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 173 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 1 · #6,812
Employment 5 · #6,517
Education 6 · #6,414
Health 17 · #5,708
Crime 15 · #5,845
Housing & access 20 · #5,468
Living environment 25 · #5,146

House prices ?

£191,000median (12m) · +0.5% yr · n=30
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£191,00030+0.5%-3.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£180,000110.0%+72.2%
Flat£209,25018+10.1%-2.7%
This area£191,000
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)£30,958±£4,639 · #6,202 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,057
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

9Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

173 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,569 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,057 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences565
Theft447
Burglary66
Vehicle crime178
Criminal damage & arson87
Public order & weapons96
Drugs43
Robbery68
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 91 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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