Acocks Green continues to do better than the rest of Birmingham in the latest unemployment data. Seasonally adjusted unemployment in Birmingham rose by 329 to 50,974 or 11.3%. This compares to 6.9% in the West Midlands and 5.6% in the UK. In Acocks Green we only have the unadjusted figures which tend to do better than the adjusted figures this month. Acocks Green’s unadjusted unemployment fell 15 to 1,200, or up just 16 on a year ago. This year on year rise of 0.1% compares to a rise of 1.3% in Birmingham as a whole.