Crime Rates at Oakfield Road, Selly Park, Birmingham, B29 7HH

Oakfield Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 1466th lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oakfield Road (B29 7HH) in the last 12 months was 82.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% 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 Vehicle crime with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 20.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oakfield Road (B29 7HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Riverside Drive, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookvale Mews (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.