Middlemore

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 9,952 · 6 LSOAs

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

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,620 of 6,856 in England
  • #696 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #99 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,880
Median age (est.)34
Density4,444per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above23%
No car or van40%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 15%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 29%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 6%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 20%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 6%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 20%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 24% · Process & plant 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary24%
Process & plant13%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Skilled trades9%
Associate professional8%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 13%Asian: 55%Black: 20%Mixed: 4%Other: 8%
White 13%Asian 55%Black 20%Mixed 4%Other 8%

Religion & identity

Muslim 30% · Christian 26% · Sikh 21%

Born outside the UK: 48%

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

Middlemore is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,620 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #99 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (18) and lowest on Income (2). Typical homes here sold for about £170,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 34 sales), 28% below the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,065 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 137 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 2 · #6,709
Employment 5 · #6,490
Education 4 · #6,565
Health 18 · #5,640
Crime 8 · #6,298
Housing & access 15 · #5,818
Living environment 10 · #6,154

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · -8.7% yr · n=34
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,00034-8.7%+15.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£236,50014+15.4%+37.1%
Terraced£156,50020+1.0%+15.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£170,000
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)£28,065±£4,247 · #6,672 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,166
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

137 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,363 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,755 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences655
Theft215
Burglary66
Vehicle crime125
Criminal damage & arson74
Public order & weapons123
Drugs34
Robbery47
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 67 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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