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Bordesley & Highgate

Ward

South Birmingham. About 17,439 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Bordesley & Highgate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
15,059
808th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
82.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
12.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bordesley & Highgate compares

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

Bordesley & HighgateMiddle
Population69 wards, Birmingham · 2021
Population: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 9,300 to 28,025. The middle area is 15,059. Bordesley & Highgate is 15,059.
15,05935th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares69 wards, Birmingham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Bordesley & Highgate is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage69 wards, Birmingham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 73.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.8%. Bordesley & Highgate is 82.3%.
82.3%3rd lowest
Claimant rate69 wards, Birmingham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 2.2% to 20.1%. The middle area is 8.7%. Bordesley & Highgate is 12.4%.
12.4%20th highest

Is Bordesley & Highgate safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bordesley & Highgate at a rate of 313.6 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, 513 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bordesley & Highgate.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,400), other crime (1,179) and vehicle crime (555).

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 ward, so they describe all of Birmingham and not Bordesley & Highgate alone. See Birmingham

Average house price
£234,257
Up 2.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,989
Joint 93rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 128th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
38.1
5th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bordesley & Highgate in brief

Bordesley & Highgate had 15,059 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Bordesley & Highgate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bordesley & Highgate, 82.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bordesley & Highgate, 12.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.