Hollywood & Drakes Cross

Bromsgrove · West Midlands · population 6,006 · 4 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,527 of 6,856 in England
  • #125 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #7 of 14 in Bromsgrove
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,917
Median age (est.)49
Density2,693per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above31%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 27%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 13%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 28%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative12%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 34% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Hollywood & Drakes Cross is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,527 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 14 in Bromsgrove. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (78) and lowest on Employment (65). Typical homes here sold for about £372,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 72 sales), 9% above the wider Bromsgrove median of £343,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,682 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 71 · #1,972
Employment 65 · #2,404
Education 65 · #2,384
Health 73 · #1,842
Crime 66 · #2,294
Housing & access 78 · #1,486
Living environment 74 · #1,767

House prices ?

£372,500median (12m) · +3.5% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£372,50072+3.5%+24.2%
Detached£469,00022+1.1%+17.9%
Semi-detached£395,00033+17.9%+31.7%
Terraced£295,00017+7.3%+15.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£372,500
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)£39,682±£5,593 · #3,518 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,186
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

67Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 207 offences
Bromsgrove54
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #772 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences94
Theft32
Burglary13
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons12
Drugs5
Robbery2
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 30 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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