Kingshurst

Solihull · West Midlands · population 6,632 · 4 LSOAs

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

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,996 of 6,856 in England
  • #595 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #24 of 29 in Solihull
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,663
Median age (est.)36
Density4,550per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above20%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 27%45–64 23%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 31%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 20%Other: 13%
One person 28%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 20%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 13% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional13%
Process & plant12%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 4%Black: 3%Mixed: 5%Other: 0%
White 87%Asian 4%Black 3%Mixed 5%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · 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

Kingshurst is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,996 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 29 in Solihull. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (82) but weak on Education (8). Typical homes here sold for about £222,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 46 sales), 33% below the wider Solihull median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,495 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 106 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 13 · #5,976
Employment 9 · #6,216
Education 8 · #6,332
Health 19 · #5,544
Crime 10 · #6,161
Housing & access 82 · #1,246
Living environment 76 · #1,609

House prices ?

£222,000median (12m) · -7.5% yr · n=46
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£222,00046-7.5%+23.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£243,00023-2.6%+18.8%
Terraced£220,00015+0.7%+45.2%
Flat£120,00050.0%+25.0%
This area£222,000
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)£35,495±£5,079 · #4,878 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,359
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

106 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 703 offences
Solihull82
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,095 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences326
Theft104
Burglary14
Vehicle crime70
Criminal damage & arson77
Public order & weapons55
Drugs26
Robbery19
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 32 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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