Birmingham 138A
NeighbourhoodSouth west Birmingham. 1,503 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.5 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Birmingham 138A is in decile 3.
How Birmingham 138A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Birmingham 138A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birmingham 138A at a rate of 3,923.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 920.2 per 1,000 people across Central.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 523 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birmingham 138A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,991), shoplifting (1,515) and other crime (1,131).
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 138A alone. See Birmingham
Birmingham 138A in brief
Birmingham 138A has a deprivation score of 28.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Birmingham 138A had 1,073 usual residents at the census.
In Birmingham 138A, 86.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Birmingham 138A, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.