Riverside & Church Hill North

Redditch · West Midlands · population 6,674 · 4 LSOAs

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

83Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,143 of 6,856 in England
  • #91 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #3 of 13 in Redditch
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,640
Median age (est.)43
Density1,729per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above31%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 26%45–64 24%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 12%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 38% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Riverside & Church Hill North is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,143 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 13 in Redditch. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (97) and lowest on Education (52). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 89 sales), 9% above the wider Redditch median of £257,750. Typical household take-home income is around £40,551 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 71 · #1,979
Employment 75 · #1,726
Education 52 · #3,288
Health 68 · #2,157
Crime 88 · #841
Housing & access 76 · #1,616
Living environment 97 · #190

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · -4.3% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,00089-4.3%+10.7%
Detached£388,50035+0.8%+11.6%
Semi-detached£265,00027+1.0%+9.8%
Terraced£233,00018+1.3%+15.3%
Flat£135,0009+28.6%
This area£280,000
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)£40,551±£5,707 · #3,260 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,449
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 390 offences
Redditch74
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,746 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences169
Theft83
Burglary20
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons33
Drugs3
Robbery9
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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