Small Heath Park

Birmingham · West Midlands · population 10,089 · 5 LSOAs

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

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,709 of 6,856 in England
  • #716 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #112 of 132 in Birmingham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,159
Median age (est.)28
Density9,062per km²
No qualifications35%
Degree or above20%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 27%15–24 18%25–44 29%45–64 18%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 17%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 19%Couple, no children: 4%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 16%Other: 25%
One person 19%Couple, no children 4%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 16%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Professional 15% · Sales & customer service 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Professional15%
Sales & customer service14%
Process & plant13%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Associate professional7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 5%Asian: 75%Black: 11%Mixed: 2%Other: 7%
White 5%Asian 75%Black 11%Mixed 2%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Muslim 87% · Christian 4% · No religion 2%

Born outside the UK: 46%

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

Small Heath Park is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,709 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #112 of 132 in Birmingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (24) and lowest on Income (0). Typical homes here sold for about £180,000 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 23 sales), 24% below the wider Birmingham median of £237,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,092 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 86 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 0 · #6,819
Employment 7 · #6,380
Education 6 · #6,469
Health 14 · #5,887
Crime 24 · #5,215
Housing & access 21 · #5,407
Living environment 0 · #6,819

House prices ?

£180,000median (12m) · +14.3% yr · n=23
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£180,00023+14.3%-3.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£180,00021+12.5%+8.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£180,000
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)£31,092±£4,737 · #6,169 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£18,823
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 863 offences
Birmingham119
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,346 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences459
Theft66
Burglary31
Vehicle crime73
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons81
Drugs25
Robbery24
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 32 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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