Crime Rates at Dawlish Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 7AA

Dawlish Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 1005th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Dawlish Road (B29 7AA) in the last 12 months was 57.7 per 1,000 residents and was 52.2% lower than the Bournbrook & Selly Park average (120.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dawlish Road (B29 7AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 236 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.