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Barnt Green & Hopwood

Ward

East Bromsgrove. About 3,022 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 56% of people in Barnt Green & Hopwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,990
Joint 1,098th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
56%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
84.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Barnt Green & Hopwood compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Barnt Green & HopwoodMiddle
Population30 wards, Bromsgrove · 2021
Population: every ward in Bromsgrove30 areas from 1,699 to 6,620. The middle area is 3,238. Barnt Green & Hopwood is 2,990.
2,9907th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares30 wards, Bromsgrove · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bromsgrove30 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 32.5%. Barnt Green & Hopwood is 56.0%.
56%13th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage30 wards, Bromsgrove · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bromsgrove30 areas from 47.4% to 99.4%. The middle area is 90.0%. Barnt Green & Hopwood is 84.7%.
84.7%11th lowest
Claimant rate30 wards, Bromsgrove · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bromsgrove30 areas from 0.7% to 6.2%. The middle area is 2.2%. Barnt Green & Hopwood is 1.3%.
1.3%joint 6th lowest

Is Barnt Green & Hopwood safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barnt Green & Hopwood at a rate of 34.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 60.5 per 1,000 people across Bromsgrove.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 5 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Barnt Green & Hopwood.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (17), anti-social behaviour (13) and vehicle crime (12).

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.

Figures for the whole of Bromsgrove

These figures are published for the whole of Bromsgrove, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bromsgrove and not Barnt Green & Hopwood alone. See Bromsgrove

Average house price
£332,683
Up 1.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,776
90th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
Joint 140th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
11.0
Joint 34th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Barnt Green & Hopwood in brief

Barnt Green & Hopwood had 2,990 usual residents at the census.

About 56% of people in Barnt Green & Hopwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Barnt Green & Hopwood, 84.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Barnt Green & Hopwood, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.