Pay vs Place

Solihull vs Warwick: buying or renting a home

A typical terraced house costs £66,500 (26%) more in Warwick than in Solihull. Measured against local pay, buying is harder in Warwick: it takes 6.6× median annual pay, against 5.4× in Solihull.

Solihull, terraced
£255,500
Income typically needed: £51,000
Median full-time pay: £46,896
Warwick, terraced
£322,000
Income typically needed: £64,500
Median full-time pay: £48,523

At a glance

Solihull Warwick
Buying a home Fairly affordable Fairly affordable
Renting a home Fairly affordable Fairly affordable
Recorded crime About average Low

Buying rates the typical price of all homes against median pay; renting rates a year of average rent against median pay; crime rates recorded crime per resident against the England and Wales average.

What the numbers say

Median full-time pay in Warwick (£48,523) is 3% higher than in Solihull (£46,896), while a typical terraced house costs 26% more (£322,000 against £255,500). Set against local pay, Solihull is the easier of the two for a typical earner to buy in.

Buying a terraced house takes 5.4× annual pay in Solihull and 6.6× in Warwick. Renting one takes 32% of pay in Solihull and 30% in Warwick. The two measures point different ways: buying is harder in Warwick, but renting takes a bigger share of pay in Solihull.

Across all property types and measured against pay, Solihull is around the middle of 316 areas (189th most expensive) to buy in, and Warwick is around the middle of 316 areas (182nd most expensive). For renting against pay, Solihull is around the middle of 316 areas (160th most expensive) and Warwick is around the middle of 316 areas (186th most expensive).

Someone on £40,000 in Solihull would need about £50,500 in Warwick to be equally placed to buy a terraced house, and about £39,000 to be equally placed to rent one. Keeping the same pay after a move to Warwick would leave you worse placed to buy. These figures compare housing costs only; they ignore other living costs and the pay you could earn in a new job.

Police recorded 79.5 crimes per 1,000 residents in Solihull and 56.1 in Warwick, so recorded crime per resident is 29% lower in Warwick. The biggest difference is in vehicle offences: 9.6 per 1,000 in Solihull against 5.0 in Warwick.

Can a typical earner buy?

Terraced house Solihull Warwick
Median full-time pay £46,896 £48,523
House price ÷ pay 5.4× 6.6×
Median pay as a share of income typically needed to buy 92% 75%
Rent a year as a share of median pay 32% 30%

Buying, by property type

Type Solihull Warwick Difference
Detached £590,000 £528,250 -10% in Warwick
Semi-detached £340,000 £362,500 +7% in Warwick
Terraced £255,500 £322,000 +26% in Warwick
Flat £172,000 £198,000 +15% in Warwick

Renting, by property type

Type (average rent a month) Solihull Warwick Difference
Detached £1,811 £1,726 -5% in Warwick
Semi-detached £1,321 £1,294 -2% in Warwick
Terraced £1,234 £1,208 -2% in Warwick
Flat £1,016 £1,022 +1% in Warwick

Crime

Police recorded 79.5 crimes per 1,000 residents in Solihull and 56.1 in Warwick, so recorded crime per resident is 29% lower in Warwick.

Police recorded crime per 1,000 residents Solihull Warwick Difference
All recorded crime (excluding fraud) 79.5 56.1 -29% in Warwick
Violence against the person 26.1 20.1 -23% in Warwick
Sexual offences 2.6 2.7 +5% in Warwick
Robbery 1.6 0.6 -61% in Warwick
Residential burglary (per 1,000 households) 8.2 6.4 -21% in Warwick
Vehicle offences 9.6 5.0 -48% in Warwick
Theft from the person 0.4 0.3 -29% in Warwick
Criminal damage and arson 7.3 4.6 -37% in Warwick

Rates use resident population, so city centres and student areas show higher crime per resident than residents experience. Recorded crime also depends on reporting and police recording practice.

How prices have changed in each area

Average house price for all property types, indexed so that 2005 is 100. A line at 200 means prices have doubled.

Solihull: 181Warwick: 188
House prices in Solihull and Warwick since 2005, indexed so that 2005 is 100Prices indexed to 2005 = 100. Solihull now 181, Warwick now 188.7510012515017520020052010201520202025House prices in Solihull and Warwick since 2005, indexed so that 2005 is 100Prices indexed to 2005 = 100. Solihull now 181, Warwick now 188.7510012515017520020102020
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YearSolihullWarwick
2005100100
2006103103
2007110109
2008105105
20099896
2010104105
2011102107
2012102109
2013104113
2014113123
2015121133
2016129143
2017137150
2018143155
2019145156
2020146159
2021163164
2022176174
2023179178
2024175178
2025179185
12 months to July 2026181188

In 2005 the average home cost £183,646 in Solihull and £195,516 in Warwick. Now it is £333,060 and £367,874: Solihull is up 81% and Warwick is up 88%. Prices have risen faster in Warwick, so the gap between the two has widened.

Buying a home against local pay, over time

Average house price divided by median full-time pay. Higher means harder to afford.

Solihull: 7.0 years of payWarwick: 7.5 years of pay
Years of median pay needed to buy the average home in Solihull and WarwickSolihull now 7.0, Warwick now 7.5 years of pay.0×2.5×5×7.5×10×20052010201520202025Years of median pay needed to buy the average home in Solihull and WarwickSolihull now 7.0, Warwick now 7.5 years of pay.0×2.5×5×7.5×10×20052010201520202025
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YearSolihullWarwick
20057.4 years of pay7.4 years of pay
20106.8 years of pay7.7 years of pay
20156.9 years of pay8.6 years of pay
20207.7 years of pay8.7 years of pay
20257.0 years of pay7.5 years of pay

In 2005 a home cost 7.4 years of pay in Solihull and 7.4 years in Warwick. In 2025 it was 7.0 years and 7.5 years.

How rents have changed in each area

Average monthly rent for all property types, indexed so that 2015 is 100.

Solihull: 154Warwick: 142
Rents in Solihull and Warwick since 2015, indexed so that 2015 is 100Rents indexed to 2015 = 100. Solihull now 154, Warwick now 142.100120140160201620182020202220242026Rents in Solihull and Warwick since 2015, indexed so that 2015 is 100Rents indexed to 2015 = 100. Solihull now 154, Warwick now 142.100120140160201520202025
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YearSolihullWarwick
2015100100
2016102104
2017106108
2018108110
2019111110
2020112110
2021114110
2022119114
2023129121
2024144131
2025150139
August 2026154142

In 2015 the average rent was £828 a month in Solihull and £875 in Warwick. Now it is £1,279 and £1,241: up 54% in Solihull and up 42% in Warwick. Rents have risen faster in Solihull.

What your salary is worth in each area

Salary needed to afford the same kind of home (terraced), going by median prices and average rents.

Moving from Solihull to Warwick

Earning in Solihull Equivalent to buy in Warwick Equivalent to rent in Warwick
£30,000 £38,000 £29,500
£40,000 £50,500 £39,000
£50,000 £63,000 £49,000
£60,000 £75,500 £58,500

Moving from Warwick to Solihull

Earning in Warwick Equivalent to buy in Solihull Equivalent to rent in Solihull
£30,000 £24,000 £30,500
£40,000 £31,500 £41,000
£50,000 £39,500 £51,000
£60,000 £47,500 £61,500
Prices are medians for each property type over the last 12 months of registered sales; types with fewer than 100 sales in either area are left out. Rents are ONS averages for the area. Pay is the median for full-time employees living in the area, before tax. Income needed is illustrative: it assumes a 10% deposit and a lender willing to lend 4.5 times income. Real lending depends on your circumstances. Salary equivalents compare housing costs only, not other living costs, tax or the pay you could earn in a new job.

All Solihull figures · All Warwick figures