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Bartley Green & Shenley Fields

Middle area

South west Birmingham. 7,744 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 89% of people in Bartley Green & Shenley Fields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£220,000
Joint 1,941st cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,425
Joint 4,532nd most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
89%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Bartley Green & Shenley Fields

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bartley Green & Shenley Fields at a rate of 116.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 124.6 per 1,000 people across Birmingham.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences420
Other crime150
Criminal damage and arson103
Vehicle crime80
Anti-social behaviour49
Burglary49
Shoplifting23
Drug offences12
Robbery12
Theft from the person7

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Bartley Green & Shenley Fields compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Bartley Green & Shenley FieldsMiddle
Median sale price131 middle areas, Birmingham · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Birmingham131 areas from £128,000 to £556,000. The middle area is £226,500. Bartley Green & Shenley Fields is £220,000.
£220,000joint 59th cheapest
Population132 middle areas, Birmingham · 2021
Population: every middle area in Birmingham132 areas from 5,596 to 16,085. The middle area is 8,394. Bartley Green & Shenley Fields is 7,425.
7,42537th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares132 middle areas, Birmingham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Birmingham132 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Bartley Green & Shenley Fields is 89.0%.
89%14th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage132 middle areas, Birmingham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Birmingham132 areas from 57.2% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.2%. Bartley Green & Shenley Fields is 99.4%.
99.4%21st highest

Is Bartley Green & Shenley Fields safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bartley Green & Shenley Fields at a rate of 116.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 124.6 per 1,000 people across Birmingham.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bartley Green & Shenley Fields.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (420), other crime (150) and criminal damage and arson (103).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Birmingham

These figures are published for the whole of Birmingham, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Birmingham and not Bartley Green & Shenley Fields alone. See Birmingham

Average house price
£234,257
Up 2.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,989
Joint 93rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 128th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
38.1
5th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bartley Green & Shenley Fields in brief

The median price paid for a home in Bartley Green & Shenley Fields was £220,000 in 2025.

Bartley Green & Shenley Fields had 7,425 usual residents at the census.

About 89% of people in Bartley Green & Shenley Fields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bartley Green & Shenley Fields, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.