Crime Rates at Hobson Road, Selly Park, Birmingham, B29 7QA

Hobson Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 1172nd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hobson Road (B29 7QA) in the last 12 months was 112.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 64.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hobson Road (B29 7QA), 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.