Birmingham 079H
NeighbourhoodSouth west Birmingham. 2,517 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.3 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Birmingham 079H is in decile 10.
How Birmingham 079H compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Birmingham 079H safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birmingham 079H at a rate of 93.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.7 per 1,000 people across Edgbaston South & University.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 16 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birmingham 079H.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (104), violence and sexual offences (66) and vehicle crime (28).
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 079H alone. See Birmingham
Birmingham 079H in brief
Birmingham 079H has a deprivation score of 4.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Birmingham 079H had 2,444 usual residents at the census.
In Birmingham 079H, 34.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Birmingham 079H, 0.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.