Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath

Solihull · West Midlands · population 12,707 · 6 LSOAs

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

89Area Score / 100 ?
  • #773 of 6,856 in England
  • #56 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #8 of 29 in Solihull
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,130
Median age (est.)39
Density718per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above45%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 46%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 46%Social rent 6%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 9%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 9%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 36% · Hindu 3%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #773 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 29 in Solihull. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (91) and lowest on Housing & access (48). Typical homes here sold for about £360,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 204 sales), 9% above the wider Solihull median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,753 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 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 76 · #1,609
Employment 82 · #1,198
Education 91 · #608
Health 78 · #1,479
Crime 65 · #2,411
Housing & access 48 · #3,597
Living environment 89 · #725

House prices ?

£360,000median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=204
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£360,000204+1.3%-6.2%
Detached£580,00054+0.4%+19.6%
Semi-detached£375,00061-6.2%+7.2%
Terraced£321,25038+13.9%+10.8%
Flat£177,00051-4.3%-3.3%
This area£360,000
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)£51,753±£7,523 · #819 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,413
Price-to-income ?7.0×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 ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 657 offences
Solihull82
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,239 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences277
Theft101
Burglary38
Vehicle crime95
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons56
Drugs10
Robbery6
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 38 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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