Crime Rates at St Stephens Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 7RR

St Stephens Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 1253rd highest 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 St Stephens Road (B29 7RR) in the last 12 months was 109.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Stephens Road (B29 7RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Drive, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.