Redditch Town & Abbeydale

Redditch · West Midlands · population 7,040 · 4 LSOAs

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

13Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,982 of 6,856 in England
  • #593 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #13 of 13 in Redditch
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,020
Median age (est.)34
Density3,263per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above22%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 13%25–44 34%45–64 21%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 31%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 30%Private rent 31%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 14%Other: 17%
One person 31%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 14%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Process & plant 20% · Elementary 18% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Process & plant20%
Elementary18%
Skilled trades13%
Professional10%
Sales & customer service9%
Caring & leisure9%
Associate professional8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 68%Asian: 24%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 68%Asian 24%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 39% · No religion 32% · Muslim 21%

Born outside the UK: 31%

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

Redditch Town & Abbeydale is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,982 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 13 in Redditch. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (74) but weak on Education (5). Typical homes here sold for about £185,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 41 sales), 28% below the wider Redditch median of £257,750. Typical household take-home income is around £31,104 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 212 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 12 · #6,037
Employment 16 · #5,791
Education 5 · #6,503
Health 23 · #5,290
Crime 11 · #6,099
Housing & access 74 · #1,815
Living environment 18 · #5,640

House prices ?

£185,000median (12m) · +9.8% yr · n=41
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£185,00041+9.8%+21.7%
Detached£325,0005
Semi-detached£188,50012-15.2%-0.5%
Terraced£185,00017+5.7%+25.0%
Flat£125,1007-1.7%+13.0%
This area£185,000
Redditch£257,750
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)£31,104±£4,466 · #6,166 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,372
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

212 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,493 offences
Redditch74
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,211 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences751
Theft290
Burglary36
Vehicle crime51
Criminal damage & arson96
Public order & weapons158
Drugs49
Robbery27
Other35

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 241 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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