Birmingham 049B
NeighbourhoodCentral Birmingham. 2,013 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Birmingham 049B is in decile 1.
How Birmingham 049B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Birmingham 049B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birmingham 049B at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 171.2 per 1,000 people across Hockley & Jewellery Quarter.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 14 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birmingham 049B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (65), vehicle crime (24) and other crime (16).
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 049B alone. See Birmingham
Birmingham 049B in brief
Birmingham 049B has a deprivation score of 57.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Birmingham 049B had 1,943 usual residents at the census.
In Birmingham 049B, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Birmingham 049B, 19.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.