Shenley Lane

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 8,015 · 5 LSOAs

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,488 of 6,856 in England
  • #420 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #35 of 132 in Birmingham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,080
Median age (est.)41
Density4,106per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above36%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 25%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 29%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 16%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 16%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 12% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 71%Asian: 11%Black: 7%Mixed: 5%Other: 5%
White 71%Asian 11%Black 7%Mixed 5%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 34% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Shenley Lane is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,488 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #35 of 132 in Birmingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (86) but weak on Income (26). Typical homes here sold for about £282,500 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 67 sales), 19% above the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,731 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 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 26 · #5,071
Employment 28 · #4,947
Education 43 · #3,919
Health 33 · #4,584
Crime 32 · #4,625
Housing & access 86 · #937
Living environment 75 · #1,705

House prices ?

£282,500median (12m) · +2.0% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£282,50067+2.0%+20.7%
Detached£384,2508-37.1%
Semi-detached£305,00038+8.0%+27.1%
Terraced£263,90018+3.2%+21.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£282,500
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)£41,731±£6,073 · #2,928 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,128
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 515 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,151 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences236
Theft33
Burglary29
Vehicle crime68
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons53
Drugs19
Robbery8
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 33 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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