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Bournbrook & Selly Park

Ward

South west Birmingham. About 22,705 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Bournbrook & Selly Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
22,374
95th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bournbrook & Selly Park compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Bournbrook & Selly ParkMiddle
Population69 wards, Birmingham · 2021
Population: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 9,300 to 28,025. The middle area is 15,059. Bournbrook & Selly Park is 22,374.
22,37415th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares69 wards, Birmingham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Bournbrook & Selly Park is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage69 wards, Birmingham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 73.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.8%. Bournbrook & Selly Park is 88.3%.
88.3%8th lowest
Claimant rate69 wards, Birmingham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Birmingham69 areas from 2.2% to 20.1%. The middle area is 8.7%. Bournbrook & Selly Park is 5.8%.
5.8%12th lowest

Is Bournbrook & Selly Park safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bournbrook & Selly Park at a rate of 109.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 124.6 per 1,000 people across Birmingham.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 190 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bournbrook & Selly Park.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (728), shoplifting (399) and other crime (300).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Birmingham

These figures are published for the whole of Birmingham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Birmingham and not Bournbrook & Selly Park alone. See Birmingham

Average house price
£234,867
Up 1.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,989
Joint 93rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 129th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
38.1
5th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bournbrook & Selly Park in brief

Bournbrook & Selly Park had 22,374 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Bournbrook & Selly Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bournbrook & Selly Park, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bournbrook & Selly Park, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.