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Birmingham 040B

Neighbourhood

West Birmingham. 1,867 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Birmingham 040B is in decile 1.

Deprivation score
68.9
Joint 329th most deprived of 33,755
MHCLG · England only
Population
1,804
Joint 9,735th most populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
21.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Birmingham 040B compares

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

Birmingham 040BMiddle
Deprivation scoreEngland only659 neighbourhoods, Birmingham · 2025
Deprivation score: every neighbourhood in Birmingham659 areas from 1.7 to 77.9. The middle area is 38.6. Birmingham 040B is 68.9.
68.918th most deprived
Population659 neighbourhoods, Birmingham · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Birmingham659 areas from 1,023 to 5,671. The middle area is 1,679. Birmingham 040B is 1,804.
1,804203rd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage659 neighbourhoods, Birmingham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Birmingham659 areas from 29.4% to 100.0%. The middle area is 99.1%. Birmingham 040B is 99.7%.
99.7%joint 206th highest
Claimant rate659 neighbourhoods, Birmingham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every neighbourhood in Birmingham659 areas from 0.6% to 41.8%. The middle area is 8.9%. Birmingham 040B is 21.6%.
21.6%joint 16th highest

Is Birmingham 040B safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birmingham 040B at a rate of 277.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 142.5 per 1,000 people across Lozells West.

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

In August 2026 alone, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birmingham 040B.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (228), other crime (81) and shoplifting (64).

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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Birmingham and not Birmingham 040B 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
Population estimate
1,176,960
Down 0.5% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Birmingham 040B in brief

Birmingham 040B has a deprivation score of 68.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Birmingham 040B had 1,804 usual residents at the census.

In Birmingham 040B, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Birmingham 040B, 21.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.