Northfield Constituency Profile

Introduction
Northfield is situated to the south of Birmingham, and shares borders with the Edgbaston and Selly Oak constituencies. Northfield comprises of four wards:  Kings Norton Longbridge Northfield Weoley 

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Key Facts – Northfield Constituency
  Northfield has an older less diverse population than the city as a whole, population estimates suggest that the population will not increase at the same rate as in the city.   Residents in Northfield are less satisfied with their local area than residents in the city as a whole.   Data also suggests that residents are less satisfied with their local service providers in particular satisfaction expressed by residents with regards to police officers and the fire service is low. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Residents in Northfield are also less positive with regards to community cohesion and engagement than residents in the city as a whole. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Northfield residents earn the fifth highest median household income of all constituencies within Birmingham (£17,990). </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Northfield has a higher worklessness rate than the city; the worklessness rate is highest in the Kings Norton, Longbridge and Weoley wards of this constituency. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> In Northfield, pupil attainment levels are generally lower than the city average. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> The overall crime rate in this constituency has been reducing. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Whilst serious acquisitive crime increased in the city as a whole during 2010/11, this type of crime reduced by 4.6% in the Northfield constituency. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Other crimes have also reduced in Northfield during 2010/11, including a 20.4% reduction in serious violent crime, a 55.6% reduction in gun crime and a 23.4% reduction in knife crime. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> The average male life expectancy rate has increased at a faster pace in recent years than in the city as a whole. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> The average female life expectancy rate has increased at a slower pace in recent years than in the city as a whole. </li> </ul>

Comparative Performance
This table details performance on key issues linked to the Sustainable Community Strategy priorities for Birmingham. The table below shows how this constituency fares compared to the rest of the city across various indicators. There is a city comparison which states whether performance is better or worse than the city average, a constituency ranking, whereby performance is ranked between 1 and 10 (with 1 being the best and 10 being the worst) and column indicating whether performance has improved over time (usually over a three year period).