Moseley

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 6,862 · 4 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,174 of 6,856 in England
  • #490 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #48 of 132 in Birmingham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,942
Median age (est.)37
Density6,325per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above42%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 14%25–44 31%45–64 24%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 10%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 44%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 44%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant6%
Skilled trades5%

Ethnic group

White: 34%Asian: 50%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 7%
White 34%Asian 50%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Muslim 49% · No religion 19% · Christian 19%

Born outside the UK: 30%

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

Moseley is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,174 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #48 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (36) and lowest on Living environment (13). Typical homes here sold for about £170,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 70 sales), 28% below the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,228 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 24 · #5,201
Employment 23 · #5,270
Education 35 · #4,426
Health 28 · #4,968
Crime 36 · #4,420
Housing & access 36 · #4,420
Living environment 13 · #5,955

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · -12.8% yr · n=70
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,00070-12.8%+11.1%
Detached£635,00013+2.4%+21.0%
Semi-detached£662,5006+74.3%
Terraced£375,0005+47.1%+68.5%
Flat£142,50046+5.6%+8.4%
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)£36,228±£5,278 · #4,632 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,704
Price-to-income ?4.7×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 ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 386 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,582 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences183
Theft36
Burglary23
Vehicle crime64
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons21
Drugs12
Robbery6
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 20 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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