Dodford, Belbroughton & Romsley

Bromsgrove · West Midlands · population 7,422 · 5 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,767 of 6,856 in England
  • #153 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #10 of 14 in Bromsgrove
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,417
Median age (est.)52
Density113per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above38%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 33%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 6%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 6%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 6%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 24% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors24%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 32% · Sikh 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Dodford, Belbroughton & Romsley is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,767 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 14 in Bromsgrove. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (88) but weak on Living environment (15). Typical homes here, about £525,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 85 sales), 53% above the wider Bromsgrove median of £343,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,945 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 86 · #930
Employment 80 · #1,349
Education 87 · #903
Health 88 · #821
Crime 75 · #1,712
Housing & access 24 · #5,235
Living environment 15 · #5,825

House prices ?

£525,000median (12m) · +30.6% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£525,00085+30.6%+43.8%
Detached£667,00044+6.7%+24.1%
Semi-detached£434,99521+20.8%+34.9%
Terraced£275,00016-12.7%-7.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£525,000
Bromsgrove£343,000
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)£45,945±£6,551 · #1,864 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,356
Price-to-income ?11.4×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 462 offences
Bromsgrove54
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,021 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences156
Theft127
Burglary37
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons34
Drugs8
Robbery9
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 65 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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