Neighbourhood and local area reviews for renting in Birmingham

Pretty dodgy at times but the road the house is on isn't too bad. Bins are collected regularly and we've never had any pests. Anyone looking at living in Selly knows what it's like in general knows what it's like, but Raddlebarn is the nicest road in the area. Close to 2 green areas, lots of food places, morrisons/Aldi, and a school nearby (which has never been too noisy for us). It's a 15 minute walk onto campus, and 30 minutes to the medical school via the canal.

pretty far down hubert road, but honestly its fine. easy to walk to raddlebarn to convenience store, or to go that route (raddlebarn -> bournbrook) to Sport and Fitness. also closer to Bournville and Stirchley if you want to go there. pretty close to the station, like a 5 minute walk if ur v fast. not far from Aldi, plus Aldi's on ur way home from campus. street bins and rubbish situations sometimes pretty bad but like, thats selly, oh well.

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