OAK CROFT, B37 5AU House Prices & Local Information

B37 5AU is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Oak Croft, 0.4km from Tile Cross in Birmingham. Administratively it sits within Kingshurst and Fordbridge ward and the Meriden constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, B37 5AU is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. Outside of residential hours, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. At 35 years average, this is a working-age, professionally active neighbourhood with good transport links and a dynamic social mix. 38% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 24% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £158k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 3.9% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for B37 5AU are sourced from Output Area E00051285 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.