Hall Green Constituency Profile

Introduction
Hall Green constituency shares borders with Yardley, Ladywood, Edgbaston and Selly Oak and comprises of four wards  Hall Green Moseley and Kings Heath Sparkbrook Springfield 

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Key Facts – Hall Green Constituency
  Hall Green has a younger more diverse population than the city as a whole.   Residents in Hall Green appear more positive with regards to community cohesion than residents citywide.   Evidence suggests residents in this constituency feel less able to influence decisions in their local area. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Residents appear to be more trusting of people/ institutions in their local area compared to residents in the city as a whole. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Data indicates that residents are less satisfied with their local area than residents in the city as a whole. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Moreover residents are generally more satisfied with their local service providers with the exception of the Fire Service and A & E departments than residents citywide. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Educational attainment has been improving in Hall Green, however there are areas such as attainment of the Early Years Foundation Stage and 2 Levels Progress in Key Stage 2 English where attainment levels are still lower that those in the city as a whole. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> The Sparkbrook ward has the second highest proportion of children living in poverty of all wards within the city. <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Evidence suggests that residents in this constituency feel safer during the day and at night than those citywide. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Whilst the overall crime rate has not reduced, residents are more positive than those citywide when considering whether the police and local public services successfully deal with crime and ASB. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> There have been reductions in certain types of crime between 2009/10 and 2010/11, these include knife crime, and alcohol involved crimes. </li> <li style="margin-left:20px;"> Male and Female life expectancy has been increasing at a faster rate than in the city as a whole, however data suggests that it is lowest in the Sparkbrook ward. </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).