Neighbourhood and local area reviews for renting in Birmingham

Lovely road, quieter than many others in Selly Oak streets. Only issue is bin stealing so just keep track of your bins.

Area is alright, very close to the university and mainly populated by students and young people.

Selly Oak has some charm to it, but definitely is not for everybody. During the day it is more than fine, but night time can get a bit sketchy.

On the edge of the Selly Oak so a lot safer and less busy too. It is quieter than most of selly oak as isn’t too close to the main road and the high street. A 5 minute walk to the university and 5 minute walk to the main high street and shops. Also a bus stop is next to the house so it is great for accessibility. Plenty of parking space outside on the road. Still some issues with crime here, two of my housemates had cars damaged or stolen during our two years there. But definitely a lot safer than other roads in selly oak. A nice park is also found at the top of the road.

Good for students

Great student area and wouldn’t have wanted to live anywhere else but 2 people close to me had their cars stolen so didn’t feel the most safe.

Good area for students to live in but really dirty and often dangerous

- Can be uneasy sometimes but that's just Selly Oak

Loud and lots of antisocial behaviour in the evenings. Standard for Selly Oak but more chaos than I had in second year on Selly Hill Road.

Has its charms - good places to eat, big student population so always round the corner from a friends house, good location to uni. But not very safe at all, as long as you don’t go out by yourself at night it’s generally fine but there are always creepy men walking around. Very noisy and dirty, always broken glass on the floor and overturned bins. I’ve lived in selly oak for 3 years and it has been fine overall, as a student area it works.