Sheldon Area Guide | £246k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
21,484
Households
8,764
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 5.7 per 1k
8,764
Households
White Brit. · 68%
Ethnicity
Christian · 46%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.7 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£245,577
Median property price
350
Postcodes
8,764
Households
White Brit. · 68%
Ethnicity
Christian · 46%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.7 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£245,577
Median property price
350
Postcodes

Sold prices in Sheldon

England & Wales
Property sales · Sheldon
HM Land Registry · Sheldon
Average price
£235,747
YoY: -1.0%
Median price: £245,577
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 7 sales · avg £241,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£264k£231k£198k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Sheldon

England & Wales
Crime trends · Sheldon

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
42
YoY stable
604427
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
6
YoY -50%
1691
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
22
YoY +47%
22122
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
5
YoY —
840
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
17
YoY +31%
17103
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · vehicle crime rising

123
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Sheldon

High flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Birmingham.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Birmingham

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Sheldon

GPs make up most of the mapped places

199 GPs · 47 Hospitals · 39 Libraries · 338 in all

  • GPs199
  • Hospitals47
  • Libraries39
  • Universities34
  • Museums19

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Sheldon

Coordinates52.4597, -1.7827
Postcodes
350
Population (Census)
21,484
Households (Census)
8,764
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 5.7 per 1k

Demographics in Sheldon

Ethnicity

Total residents: 21,427
White Brit.68.1%
Pakistani8.6%
Bangladeshi3.3%
Other White3.2%
Indian2.7%
+ 7 other groups · 14.1%

Religion

Total residents: 21,442
Christian46.0%
No religion30.6%
Muslim14.9%
Not answered5.4%
Sikh1.6%
+ other · 1.6%

Age groups

Total residents: 21,484
50–6419.4%
35–4918.7%
25–3413.7%
65–748.7%
10–157.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 32.0%

Households

Total households: 8,764
Other17.2%
Any member 66+13.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.3%
+ 7 other households · 38.4%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Sheldon

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.49 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.49 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).