Five Ways North
Middle areaSouth west Birmingham. 10,232 people in 0.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Five Ways North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Five Ways North
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Five Ways North at a rate of 213.5 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 | 1,013 |
| Other crime | 416 |
| Vehicle crime | 172 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 103 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 100 |
| Drug offences | 92 |
| Shoplifting | 89 |
| Burglary | 73 |
| Robbery | 70 |
| Theft from the person | 57 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Five Ways North compares
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Is Five Ways North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Five Ways North at a rate of 213.5 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, 204 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Five Ways North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,013), other crime (416) and vehicle crime (172).
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 Five Ways North alone. See Birmingham
Five Ways North in brief
The median price paid for a home in Five Ways North was £128,000 in 2025.
Five Ways North had 8,455 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Five Ways North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Five Ways North, 69.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.