Birchfield East
Middle areaNorth Birmingham. 10,797 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 66% of people in Birchfield East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Birchfield East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birchfield East at a rate of 259.6 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.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,223 |
| Other crime | 570 |
| Drug offences | 297 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 289 |
| Vehicle crime | 108 |
| Burglary | 89 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 69 |
| Robbery | 66 |
| Shoplifting | 63 |
| Theft from the person | 29 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Birchfield East compares
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Is Birchfield East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birchfield East at a rate of 259.6 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, 212 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birchfield East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,223), other crime (570) and drug offences (297).
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 Birchfield East alone. See Birmingham
Birchfield East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Birchfield East was £170,000 in 2025.
Birchfield East had 10,398 usual residents at the census.
About 66% of people in Birchfield East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Birchfield East, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.