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

Dawlish Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 827th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Dawlish Road (B29 7AU) in the last 12 months was 149.9 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 207.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dawlish Road (B29 7AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Teignmouth Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birkdale Avenue (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.