Total Crime Rate
344.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
217.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Selborne Road area has the highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Birchfield , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Selborne Road (B20 2DW) in the last 12 months was 344.6 per 1,000 residents and was 170.8% higher than the Birchfield average (127.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -46.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 217.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Selborne Road (B20 2DW), the main crime hotspot is near Endwood Court Road. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devonshire Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Priestley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Priestley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Priestley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Priestley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endwood Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endwood Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endwood Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endwood Court Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endwood Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handsworth Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Church Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Copper Beech Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Copper Beech Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handsworth Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
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