Crime Rate in Bournbrook & Selly Park, ward

Bournbrook & Selly Park has the 20th highest crime rate of 69 wards in Birmingham district and the 1127th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 85th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bournbrook & Selly Park in the last 12 months was 120.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% lower than the Birmingham district average (129.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bournbrook & Selly Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 812 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 18 cases , up 38.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 63.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,078 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bournbrook & Selly Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 292 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.