Neighbourhood · Birmingham · West Midlands
Perry Common - College Road
Birmingham 014 · 6 sub-areas · 9,718 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Investors / BTL (63/100)Watch-out: Couples (54/100)Liveability 59/100 · Above medianCommuter neighbourhood
Perry Common - College Road is a commuter neighbourhood within Birmingham — train into Birmingham runs in around 29 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Liveability
59/100
Above median
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Perry Common - College Road?
A snapshot of Perry Common - College Road
The area is unusually green for its density — 6 parks and 1 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,086 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 6 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Perry Common - College Road in Birmingham
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Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Perry Common - College Road?
- The median monthly rent across Perry Common - College Road is £1,086.
- How safe is Perry Common - College Road?
- Perry Common - College Road has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Perry Common - College Road?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 29 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Perry Common - College Road?
- There are 23 schools within 2 km of Perry Common - College Road, of which 40% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1598 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Perry Common - College Road?
- The most common council tax band in Perry Common - College Road is B, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,738. Council tax is set by Birmingham council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Perry Common - College Road to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Perry Common - College Road to central London is approximately 115 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Perry Common - College Road?
- 100% of premises in Perry Common - College Road are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Perry Common - College Road?
- Perry Common - College Road sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Perry Common - College Road?
- 44% of households in Perry Common - College Road are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Perry Common - College Road?
- The average property price across Birmingham (the local authority covering Perry Common - College Road) is approximately £232,266, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Perry Common - College Road a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.49 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £30,180.)
- Which local areas are part of Perry Common - College Road?
- Perry Common - College Road contains 6 local areas: Birmingham 014D, Birmingham 014B, Birmingham 014C, Birmingham 014E, Birmingham 014F…
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Frequently asked about Perry Common - College Road
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Perry Common - College Road?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Perry Common - College Road is £1,086. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Perry Common - College Road a safe place to live?
- Perry Common - College Road has a safety score of 34/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Perry Common - College Road?
- 40% of schools within 2 km of Perry Common - College Road are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Perry Common - College Road?
- Public-transport commute time from Perry Common - College Road to central London is approximately 115 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Perry Common - College Road different from the rest of Birmingham?
- Perry Common - College Road contains 6 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Perry Common - College Road rank in Birmingham?
- Perry Common - College Road scores 59/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Birmingham, see the Cities table on the Birmingham page.
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