SHORT STREET, WS8 6AD House Prices & Local Information

WS8 6AD is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Short Street, 0.7km from Catshill in Brownhills. Administratively it sits within Brownhills ward and the Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, WS8 6AD is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. The 39 average age reflects a mixed, mid-career community — settling down but not yet slowing down. 40% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Average house prices are around £270k. 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 WS8 6AD are sourced from Output Area E00052090 (shared with 15 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.