Chelmsley Wood West

Solihull · West Midlands · population 5,877 · 4 LSOAs

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

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,551 of 6,856 in England
  • #687 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #29 of 29 in Solihull
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,924
Median age (est.)36
Density4,046per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above16%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 12%25–44 25%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 51%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 51%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 21%Other: 11%
One person 39%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 21%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Caring & leisure 12% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant12%
Professional11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service10%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional10%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 3%Black: 3%Mixed: 5%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 3%Black 3%Mixed 5%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 46% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Chelmsley Wood West is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,551 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #29 of 29 in Solihull. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (77) but weak on Employment (2). Typical homes here sold for about £185,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 29 sales), 44% below the wider Solihull median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,872 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 208 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 5 · #6,510
Employment 2 · #6,723
Education 5 · #6,503
Health 5 · #6,510
Crime 3 · #6,668
Housing & access 77 · #1,568
Living environment 62 · #2,596

House prices ?

£185,000median (12m) · +1.8% yr · n=29
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£185,00029+1.8%+22.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£250,0007+5.3%+25.5%
Terraced£170,00016-6.8%+14.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£185,000
Solihull£330,000
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)£29,872±£4,345 · #6,423 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,515
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

208 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,224 offences
Solihull82
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,199 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences448
Theft214
Burglary37
Vehicle crime96
Criminal damage & arson209
Public order & weapons110
Drugs46
Robbery46
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 94 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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