Total Crime Rate
128.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holly Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 981st highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Holly Avenue (B29 7LT) in the last 12 months was 128.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.2% higher than the Bournbrook & Selly Park average (117.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holly Avenue (B29 7LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Manilla Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greenland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manilla Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dobbs Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dobbs Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hobson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manilla Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Manilla Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Priory Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brockley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brockley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brockley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cecil Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kitchener Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fashoda Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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