Total Crime Rate

127.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ryland Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East , and the 1048th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ryland Road (B11 3NR) in the last 12 months was 127.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% higher than the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East average (83.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ryland Road (B11 3NR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ryland Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Johns Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Johns Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Johns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Johns Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Johns Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs St Johns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holte Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hillfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Fraser Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fraser Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fraser Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Percy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Johns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evelyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Thornhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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