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Birches Green & Bromford East

Middle area

North east Birmingham. 14,140 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Birches Green & Bromford East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£233,500
Joint 2,292nd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
13,692
53rd most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Birches Green & Bromford East

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birches Green & Bromford East at a rate of 132.0 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 offences802
Other crime298
Shoplifting220
Vehicle crime150
Criminal damage and arson143
Burglary90
Anti-social behaviour69
Drug offences44
Robbery40
Theft from the person10

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Birches Green & Bromford East compares

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

Birches Green & Bromford EastMiddle
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. Birches Green & Bromford East is £233,500.
£233,50059th most expensive
Population132 middle areas, Birmingham · 2021
Population: every middle area in Birmingham132 areas from 5,596 to 16,085. The middle area is 8,394. Birches Green & Bromford East is 13,692.
13,6925th most 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%. Birches Green & Bromford East is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest 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%. Birches Green & Bromford East is 95.8%.
95.8%39th lowest

Is Birches Green & Bromford East safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birches Green & Bromford East at a rate of 132.0 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, 154 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birches Green & Bromford East.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (802), other crime (298) and shoplifting (220).

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 Birches Green & Bromford East alone. See Birmingham

Average house price
£234,867
Up 1.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,989
Joint 93rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 129th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
38.1
5th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Birches Green & Bromford East in brief

The median price paid for a home in Birches Green & Bromford East was £233,500 in 2025.

Birches Green & Bromford East had 13,692 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Birches Green & Bromford East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Birches Green & Bromford East, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.