Soho and Victoria

House prices

Updated Mar 2026

Detached Semi-detached Terraced Flat

Property type	Latest	YoY	Since 1995	vs England
Detached	£422k	-0.6%	+1698%	-1%
Semi-detached	£251k	-2.6%	+598%	-10%
Terraced	£180k	-5.3%	+567%	-27%
Flat	£128k	+9.9%	+259%	-47%

Schools

Updated Apr 2026

10 nearest schools offering GCSEs · results 2024–25

School	Distance	Admissions	Attainment 8	English & Maths 5+
Shireland Collegiate Academy	0.6 mi	Non-sel	44.5	37%

Rents

	Yours	Trend	Position
All bedrooms	£926
1 bed	£661
2 bed	£825
3 bed	£983
4+ bed	£1,371

Crime

Reported crimes per month

	Yours	Trend	Position
All crime	2,779
Violence & sexual offences	1,219
Burglary	114
Anti-social behaviour	58

GP practices

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
NORVIC FAMILY PRACTICE	GP practice	0.3 mi
AQP ANTICOAG SOUTH DOC CAPE HILL MC	GP practice	0.4 mi
CAPE HILL MEDICAL CENTRE	GP practice	0.4 mi
THE SMETHWICK MEDICAL CENTRE	GP practice	0.6 mi
SAREPHED MEDICAL CENTRE	GP practice	0.7 mi

Transport

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Smethwick Rolfe Street Rail Station	Rail station	0.7 mi
Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro)	Metro/tram	1.0 mi
Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro)	Metro/tram	1.0 mi
Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro)	Metro/tram	1.0 mi
Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro)	Metro/tram	1.9 mi

Broadband

Availability of fast broadband

	Yours	Trend	Position
Superfast (30Mbps+)	99.4%
Gigabit	90.9%
Full fibre (FTTP)	62.3%

Mobile coverage

	Yours	Trend	Position
Indoor 4G (all operators)	98.3%
Indoor voice (all)	99.8%
5G outdoor (any)	—

Deprivation

Updated Oct 2025

	More deprivedLess deprived	Soho and Victoria average (lo–hi)
Overall		13% (5–36)
Income		8% (3–16)
Employment		19% (7–36)
Education		14% (6–39)
Health		22% (8–58)
Crime		26% (5–58)
Housing & services		27% (15–52)
Living environment		33% (1–69)

Your MP

Updated Apr 2026

Gurinder Singh Josan MP

Labour

Smethwick

gurinder.josan.mp@parliament.uk

Green spaces

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Type	Distance
Greenspace access point	Play space	0.2 mi
Greenspace access point	Sports facility	0.3 mi

Listed buildings

Updated Apr 2026

Name	Grade	Distance
Church of St Matthew	II	0.06 mi
Mecca Bingo Club	II	0.4 mi
Smethwick Technical School	II	0.5 mi
Cape House	II	0.5 mi
Towpath Bridge at Soho Foundry (approximately 160 Metres East of Rabone Lane) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level	II	0.7 mi

Companies

	Yours	Trend	Position
Active companies	16,758
Total registered	18,616
Dormant	280
New (last year)	3,515
New (last 5 years)	10,360

Air quality

	Yours	Trend	Position
PM2.5	8
PM10	13
NO₂	18
NOₓ	25

Road casualties

	Yours	Trend	Position
All collisions	13
Fatal	0
Serious	5
Killed/serious	5
Pedestrian	3
Cyclist	1

Traffic

	Yours	Trend	Position
All motor vehicles	1,357,500,000
Cars & taxis	1,027,900,000

Flood risk

	Yours	Trend	Position
Rivers & sea	3

Population

	Yours	Trend	Position
Total population	2,279

Age structure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Aged 0–15	25.0%
Aged 16–64	63.4%
Aged 65+	11.6%

Ethnic group

	Yours	Trend	Position
White	19.3%
Asian	41.1%
Black	25.4%
Mixed	5.6%
Other	8.6%

Housing tenure

	Yours	Trend	Position
Owner-occupied	33.4%
Social rented	47.5%
Private rented	16.8%

Accommodation type

	Yours	Trend	Position
Detached	15.1%
Semi-detached	27.0%
Terraced	29.7%
Flat / maisonette	26.9%

Car availability

	Yours	Trend	Position
No car or van	42.7%
1 car or van	38.1%
2+ cars or vans	19.3%

Economic activity

	Yours	Trend	Position
Economically active	52.9%
Unemployed	6.8%

Qualifications

	Yours	Trend	Position
No qualifications	32.7%
Degree or above	22.1%

Health

	Yours	Trend	Position
Life expectancy	—
Obesity prevalence	71.6%
Smoking prevalence	16.8%
Infant mortality	7.4

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