Hodge Hill Constituency Profile

Introduction
Hodge Hill has the largest constituency in Birmingham, it is situated to the east of Birmingham, Hodge Hill comprises of four wards:  Bordesley Green Hodge Hill Shard End Washwood Heath 

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Key Facts –Hodge Hill Constituency
  Hodge Hill has a more diverse and younger population profile than the city as a whole, over one quarter of the population in Hodge Hill are aged below 15.   Residents in Hodge Hill are amongst some of the least satisfied when considering whether their local area is a good place to live.   Residents in this constituency feel the least engaged in the decision making process of all constituencies in Birmingham. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Residents in this constituency are less positive with regards to community cohesion than residents in the city as a whole. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Hodge Hill has the highest proportion of residents claiming out of work benefits of Birmingham’s ten constituencies. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Educational attainment in Hodge Hill has increased over the past three years. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Data suggests that the overall crime rate has decreased since 2009/10; however there have been significant increases in certain types of crime, including a 39.5% increase in the robbery rate, a 23.7% increase in the serious violent crime rate and a 38.2% increase in the rate of gun crime. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Evidence suggest that residents are less trusting of the police than they were in 2009, and that people who have needed to contact the police in the last 12 months are less satisfied by the contact than they were 12 month ago. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> High proportions of children are living in poverty, especially in the Bordesley Green and Washwood Heath wards. <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Hodge Hill has the lowest female life expectancy of all constituencies within Birmingham and one of the lowest male life expectancies. </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).