Total Crime Rate
164.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cecil Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 727th 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 Cecil Road (B29 7QG) in the last 12 months was 164.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cecil Road (B29 7QG), the main crime hotspot is near Manilla Road. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bournbrook & Selly Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cecil Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fashoda Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Manilla Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Manilla Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cecil Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dobbs Mill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brockley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kitchener Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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