Ashmore

Walsall · West Midlands · population 6,097 · 4 LSOAs

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

49Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,515 of 6,856 in England
  • #314 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #9 of 39 in Walsall
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,109
Median age (est.)42
Density5,239per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above24%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 12%25–44 24%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 13%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 11%Other: 17%
One person 21%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 11%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional12%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 9%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 9%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 33% · Sikh 8%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Ashmore sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,515 of 6,856 in England, and #9 of 39 in Walsall. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (80) and lowest on Education (34). Typical homes here sold for about £237,750 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 54 sales), 6% above the wider Walsall median of £225,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,361 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,292 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 42 · #3,940
Employment 36 · #4,365
Education 34 · #4,502
Health 46 · #3,672
Crime 58 · #2,857
Housing & access 75 · #1,739
Living environment 80 · #1,335

House prices ?

£237,750median (12m) · +8.1% yr · n=54
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£237,75054+8.1%+17.4%
Detached£352,50022+10.2%+21.6%
Semi-detached£220,00011+2.3%+40.6%
Terraced£180,00019+5.3%-5.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£237,750
Walsall£225,000
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)£37,292±£5,297 · #4,282 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,264
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

80Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 298 offences
Walsall98
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,024 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences136
Theft33
Burglary22
Vehicle crime44
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons19
Drugs2
Robbery3
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 20 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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