Garretts Green
Strong on schools and transport, with safety to consider
Garretts Green at a glance
- House prices
- £227,500
- Lower prices28th percentile
- Schools
- 88th percentile
- Strong
- Transport
- 92nd percentile
- Strong
- Crime rate
- 127 per 1,000 residents
- Weak14th percentile
- Flood risk
- 0.3% of the area in flood zones
- Less flood-zone land15th percentile
Underlying data dates vary by measure.
How to read these figuresIs Garretts Green a good place to live?
Garretts Green may be a good fit for people who value stronger school performance, stronger transport access and lower house prices. Crime data appears weaker, so those factors are worth checking against your priorities.
You can also compare nearby neighbourhoods in Birmingham below.
Best fit and trade-offs
May suit
- Families who care about school performance
- Movers who value stronger transport access
- Buyers looking for lower house prices
Watch out for
- Crime data appears weaker than many neighbourhoods nationally
Crime rate in Garretts Green
Crime rate
- Crime rate
- 127 per 1,000 residents
- Percentile
- 14th percentile nationally
Recorded crime is higher than in most neighbourhoods nationally.
Recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to June 2026. Higher crime percentiles indicate lower recorded crime. Busy centres can show high rates because crimes are counted where they happen but divided by the people who live there.
House prices in Garretts Green
House prices
- Median sale price
- £227,500
- Percentile
- 28th percentile nationally
House prices are below the national middle range.
Median of 37 standard sales over the 12 months to June 2026, from HM Land Registry. Lower price percentiles indicate lower prices nationally. This is an area figure, not a valuation of a particular home.
Schools in Garretts Green
Schools
88th percentile nationally
Higher percentiles indicate stronger schools indicators nationally.
Flood risk in Garretts Green
Flood risk
0.3% of the area in flood zones 2 or 3
Land in Environment Agency river and sea flood zones 2 or 3. Zone 3, the higher-probability zone, covers 0.1% of the area. That is the 15th percentile among neighbourhoods in England, where higher means more flood-zone land. Surface water is not included, and this is not an address-level assessment: check the flood map for the specific property.
Transport in Garretts Green
Transport
92nd percentile nationally
Higher percentiles indicate stronger transport indicators nationally.
What the full report adds
This public guide covers headline signals for crime, house prices, schools, flood risk and transport. The full report adds deeper lifestyle, health, green space, family and local life data, plus tools to compare and shortlist neighbourhoods.
FAQs
Is Garretts Green a good place to live?
Garretts Green may be a good fit for people who value stronger school performance, stronger transport access and lower house prices. Crime data appears weaker, so those factors are worth checking against your priorities.
Is Garretts Green safe?
Garretts Green ranks in the 14th percentile for crime data; in this dataset, a higher percentile indicates lower crime.
What are house prices like in Garretts Green?
The median sale price was £227,500 in the 12 months to June 2026. House prices are in the 28th percentile nationally; lower percentiles indicate lower prices.
How are schools in Garretts Green?
Schools rank in the 88th percentile nationally for this public profile.
What neighbourhoods are near Garretts Green?
Nearby public profiles include King's Norton North East in Birmingham and Gravelly Hill in Birmingham.
