There has been a huge increase in crime including robberies, burglaries and muggings aimed at local students surrounding the University of Birmingham in Selly Oak.

Selly Oak has always been a particularly high crime area however, the frequency of these recent crimes has drastically increased over the last few weeks and has become more than a daily occurrence. Although the University is said to be 'stepping up' very little appears to have been done on the streets themselves, with few police or community officers patrolling the streets at all times.

This issue has escalated to the point where students (predominantly) cannot walk home without the fear of being mugged even in the daylight. Within the last 24 hours a girl has been chased by a gang on her walk home, a house has been burgled and two girls were mugged on a walk home at 5pm- and this is just what has been reported.

In response to this seemingly growing issue we strongly believe that a huge change is required by both the local police and Birmingham City Council to be more proactive than reactive in preventing these crimes from continuing. Action is needed to take this issue more seriously by putting constant patrols of police on the Selly Oak streets.