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Where to live in Birmingham: all 55 areas compared

Birmingham from the Jewellery Quarter, Moseley and Harborne to Sutton Coldfield and Kings Heath: one of the youngest, most diverse cities in the UK, area by area.

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Where these numbers come from. Purchase prices for 54 of 55 areas are medians of recorded sales in each area's postcode district from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, January 2025 to September 2026. Safety is a relative rank of police.uk recorded street crime, compared across every English area we cover. Two-bed rents, school and lifestyle scores are indicative. A district median is not a valuation of any one home.

Birmingham at a glance

55areas compared
£235kmiddle area sale median
£170k–£396krange across areas
£980–£1,400indicative 2-bed rent

Boroughly covers 55 neighbourhoods and nearby towns across Birmingham council. Sale medians run from £170k in Aston to £396k in Wylde Green. Centres with lots of flats tend to show lower medians than family suburbs even where space costs more per square metre, so compare like with like when you look at listings.

Cheapest areas to buy in Birmingham

Lowest Land Registry sale medians in our Birmingham dataset. Check what type of home is behind each median on the guide: a cheap median often means mostly flats or terraces.

Aston£170k median · 77 salesLozells£170k median · 47 salesNewtown£170k median · 77 salesHandsworth£182k median · 175 salesBordesley Green£184k median · 144 salesHodge Hill£187k median · 188 salesAlum Rock£187k median · 188 salesWashwood Heath£187k median · 188 sales

Best areas in Birmingham for families

Ranked on schools (double-weighted), safety and green space. School scores are indicative; check catchments and admissions for the exact address.

Four OaksSchools 9/10 · parks 9/10 · £386kWylde GreenSchools 9/10 · parks 8/10 · £396kSutton ColdfieldSchools 9/10 · parks 9/10 · £375kHarborneSchools 9/10 · parks 9/10 · £341kBournvilleSchools 9/10 · parks 9/10 · £276kKing's NortonSchools 8/10 · parks 8/10 · £241kEdgbastonSchools 9/10 · parks 8/10 · £308kStirchleySchools 8/10 · parks 8/10 · £276k

Best areas for young professionals

Ranked on nightlife and buzz, transport links and journey time to Birmingham city centre.

City CentreBuzz 9/10 · ~4 min to centre · £223kDigbethBuzz 9/10 · ~5 min to centre · £220kJewellery QuarterBuzz 9/10 · ~6 min to centre · £203kLadywoodBuzz 8/10 · ~8 min to centre · £220kNewtownBuzz 7/10 · ~7 min to centre · £170kMoseleyBuzz 8/10 · ~14 min to centre · £264kAstonBuzz 6/10 · ~8 min to centre · £170kNechellsBuzz 6/10 · ~9 min to centre · £215k

Safest-ranking areas in Birmingham

Ranked on police.uk recorded street crime within about a mile of each area centre. Raw counts are not population-adjusted, so quiet suburbs rank higher than busy centres with lots of visitors.

Wylde GreenSafety 8.9/10 · £396kFour OaksSafety 8.4/10 · £386kGreat BarrSafety 7.3/10 · £260kSutton ColdfieldSafety 7/10 · £375kKing's NortonSafety 6.9/10 · £241kPype HayesSafety 6.9/10 · £240kCastle ValeSafety 6.5/10 · £200kSheldonSafety 6.5/10 · £249k

Within about 15 minutes of the centre

Areas with an estimated journey of 15 minutes or less to Birmingham city centre, cheapest first. These are distance-based estimates; check the route at the times you travel.

Aston~8 min · £170kLozells~12 min · £170kNewtown~7 min · £170kHandsworth~15 min · £182kBordesley Green~12 min · £184kAlum Rock~14 min · £187kWashwood Heath~15 min · £187kWard End~15 min · £187kSparkhill~12 min · £190kTyseley~14 min · £190k

Good value: below-median prices, above-average scores

Areas priced at or below the middle Birmingham median, ranked on combined safety, schools, transport and green space. More rankings: best all-round, cheapest, for families, coolest.

Longbridge£235k · BirminghamQuinton£235k · BirminghamNorthfield£235k · BirminghamBartley Green£235k · BirminghamWeoley Castle£235k · BirminghamStechford£210k · BirminghamPerry Barr£224k · BirminghamAcocks Green£225k · Birmingham

How to read these Birmingham figures

Each purchase figure is the middle price of all standard residential sales recorded in the area's postcode district, so it mixes flats and houses, new builds and resales. Some neighbouring areas share a postcode district and therefore a median: Digbeth and Balsall Heath; Selly Oak and Selly Park; Bournville and Stirchley; Moseley and Billesley, and others. Street-level prices within a district can differ a lot. Rents are indicative two-bedroom estimates, not advertised rents; check current listings. Journey times are distance-based estimates to Birmingham city centre, not timetabled journeys.

Use the moving checklist to compare the total monthly cost of a home, routes at the hours you travel, school admissions and local amenities. Then open the map to weight what matters to you and rank every Birmingham area against it.

All 55 Birmingham areas

Every Birmingham neighbourhood Boroughly covers, with its own guide: the Land Registry sale median and sample, an indicative two-bed rent, seven life scores, the journey to the centre and the fifteen everyday amenity checks.

Acocks GreenBirmingham · £225k medianAlum RockBirmingham · £187k medianAstonBirmingham · £170k medianBalsall HeathBirmingham · £220k medianBartley GreenBirmingham · £235k medianBillesleyBirmingham · £264k medianBirchfieldBirmingham · £250k medianBordesley GreenBirmingham · £184k medianBournvilleBirmingham · £276k medianCastle ValeBirmingham · £200k medianCity CentreBirmingham · £223k medianDigbethBirmingham · £220k medianEdgbastonBirmingham · £308k medianErdingtonBirmingham · £200k medianFour OaksBirmingham · £386k medianGarretts GreenBirmingham · £249k medianGlebe FarmBirmingham · £249k medianGreat BarrBirmingham · £260k medianHall GreenBirmingham · £310k medianHandsworthBirmingham · £182k medianHandsworth WoodBirmingham · £250k medianHarborneBirmingham · £341k medianHodge HillBirmingham · £187k medianHolyheadBirmingham · £250k medianJewellery QuarterBirmingham · £203k medianKing's NortonBirmingham · £241k medianKings HeathBirmingham · £255k medianKingstandingBirmingham · £210k medianLadywoodBirmingham · £220k medianLongbridgeBirmingham · £235k medianLozellsBirmingham · £170k medianMoseleyBirmingham · £264k medianNechellsBirmingham · £215k est.NewtownBirmingham · £170k medianNorthfieldBirmingham · £235k medianPerry BarrBirmingham · £224k medianPerry CommonBirmingham · £210k medianPype HayesBirmingham · £240k medianQuintonBirmingham · £235k medianSelly OakBirmingham · £250k medianSelly ParkBirmingham · £250k medianShard EndBirmingham · £210k medianSheldonBirmingham · £249k medianSmall HeathBirmingham · £200k medianSparkhillBirmingham · £190k medianStechfordBirmingham · £210k medianStirchleyBirmingham · £276k medianStockland GreenBirmingham · £200k medianSutton ColdfieldBirmingham · £375k medianTyseleyBirmingham · £190k medianWard EndBirmingham · £187k medianWashwood HeathBirmingham · £187k medianWeoley CastleBirmingham · £235k medianWylde GreenBirmingham · £396k medianYardleyBirmingham · £249k median