Crime Rates at Dartmouth Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6DR

Dartmouth Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 869th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dartmouth Road (B29 6DR) in the last 12 months was 50.9 per 1,000 residents and was 56.8% lower than the Bournbrook & Selly Park average (117.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dartmouth Road (B29 6DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 214 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.