# Knowle and Dorridge Town in Solihull, West Midlands. Knowle and Dorridge is a town in Solihull, West Midlands. Median sale price £560,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 37.9 per 1,000 people. About 19,344 people. Town. Code E63003075. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) Knowle and Dorridge is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Knowle and Dorridge add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £560,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Knowle and Dorridge was £560,000 in 2025. Joint 47th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/knowle-and-dorridge#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 19,323** (2021). Knowle and Dorridge had 19,323 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 566th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/knowle-and-dorridge#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 18%** (2022). About 18% of people in Knowle and Dorridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/knowle-and-dorridge#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.2%** (January 2026). In Knowle and Dorridge, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/knowle-and-dorridge#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003075) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 18% of people in Knowle and Dorridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63003075) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 291 homes were sold in Knowle and Dorridge in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003075) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Knowle and Dorridge. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003075) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Knowle and Dorridge had 19,323 usual residents at the census. ## How Knowle and Dorridge compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Knowle and Dorridge | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £560,000 | most expensive | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 19,323 | 36th least populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 18% | 19th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.2% | 26th highest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Knowle and Dorridge safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Knowle and Dorridge at a rate of 37.9 per 1,000 people. That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 65 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Knowle and Dorridge. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (283), other crime (131) and vehicle crime (86). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Knowle and Dorridge was 41.0 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Deprivation in Knowle and Dorridge, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Knowle and Dorridge has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Knowle and Dorridge | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Solihull 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010151) | 1,635 | 108.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.0% | | [Solihull 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010152) | 1,296 | 12.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Solihull 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010153) | 1,784 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.3% | | [Solihull 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010154) | 1,658 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% | | [Solihull 026E](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010155) | 1,825 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.6% | | [Solihull 026F](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010156) | 1,531 | 17.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Solihull 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010150) | 1,593 | 9.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [Solihull 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010184) | 1,643 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% | | [Solihull 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010185) | 1,553 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% | | [Solihull 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010186) | 1,859 | 24.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% | | [Solihull 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010187) | 1,484 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% | | [Solihull 028F](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/neighbourhood/e01010188) | 1,714 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.8% | ## Your MP - [Meriden and Solihull East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/meriden-and-solihull-east): Saqib Bhatti (Conservative), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) ## Postcode districts covering Knowle and Dorridge [B93](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b93) ## Middle areas in Knowle and Dorridge [Dorridge](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/dorridge), [Knowle](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull/knowle) ## Towns near Knowle and Dorridge [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/town/solihull), [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham), [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry), [Kenilworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kenilworth), [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch), [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/warwick) ## Knowle and Dorridge in brief Knowle and Dorridge is a town in Solihull, West Midlands. About 19,344 people lived in Knowle and Dorridge in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £560,000 in 2025 across 291 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Knowle and Dorridge was £560,000 in 2025. Knowle and Dorridge had 19,323 usual residents at the census. About 18% of people in Knowle and Dorridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Knowle and Dorridge, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63003075 - Constituency: [Meriden and Solihull East †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/meriden-and-solihull-east) - Council: [Solihull †](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) - Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 7.64 km² - People, mid-2024: 19,344* - Neighbourhoods: 12 - Output areas: 60 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/town/solihull), [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham), [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry), [Kenilworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kenilworth), [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch), [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/warwick) ## Latest updates for Knowle and Dorridge - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003075 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/knowle-and-dorridge, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/knowle-and-dorridge#f-house-sales-median-price. 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