About Edgbaston and staying safe

Edgbaston is Birmingham's leafy inner suburb, a conservation area of Regency and Victorian villas, the Botanical Gardens, the University and the famous cricket ground, barely a mile from the city centre. Its wide avenues are elegant and quiet, with hotels and private clinics along Hagley Road and Five Ways station at its edge. Residential streets are very quiet late in the evening and public transport thins out after midnight, so check your route home in advance and pre-book a taxi. Treat any request to move contact to an unfamiliar app, or to pay a deposit before contact, as a warning sign. On LUX, every advertiser listing Edgbaston has passed identity and age checks and confirms their identity with a fresh selfie every 90 days; the Verified badge on each profile tells you how recently. LUX is a directory, not an agency: advertisers publish their own contact details and set their own terms. If a profile appears to be run by someone else, report it straight away.