Selly Oak vs Sutton New Hall

Selly Oak has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 3,612 crimes in the last 12 months. Sutton New Hall has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 1,555 crimes. Both areas score equally on the 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. Sutton New Hall shows +5.5% (rising). 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 Sutton New Hall, it is Violent Crime (486 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 Sutton New Hall recorded 83. 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 486 in Sutton New Hall. 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%). Sutton New Hall recorded 1,474 crimes previously (now 1,555, +5.5%).

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 Sutton New Hall has 36.3%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Selly Oak falls within the West Midlands Police boundary. Sutton New Hall 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 Sutton New Hall. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.