Selly Oak vs Smith's Wood

Selly Oak has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 3,612 crimes in the last 12 months. Smith's Wood has a safety score of 9/100 (High Crime) with 3,800 crimes. Smith's Wood scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Selly Oak shows a year-on-year crime trend of +5.6% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Smith's Wood shows -3.9% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Selly Oak, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (1,103 incidents). In Smith's Wood, it is Violent Crime (1,573 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Selly Oak recorded 204 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Smith's Wood recorded 160. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Selly Oak totalled 1,103 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 1,573 in Smith's Wood. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Selly Oak recorded 3,421 crimes (now 3,612, a change of +5.6%). Smith's Wood recorded 3,955 crimes previously (now 3,800, -3.9%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Selly Oak has a resolution rate of 42.9% and Smith's Wood has 29.4%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Selly Oak falls within the West Midlands Police boundary. Smith's Wood is covered by West Midlands Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Selly Oak and Smith's Wood. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.