Total Crime Rate

126.2 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 126.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.3 9/10
  • Robbery 29.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Rickman Drive area has the 65th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 1055th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rickman Drive (B15 2BF) in the last 12 months was 126.2 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% lower than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 87.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Rickman Drive (B15 2BF), the main crime hotspot is near Stone Road. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rickman Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Henstead Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stone Road —
Sep 2025Other theft A4540 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft A4540 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A4540 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Great Colmore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Colmore Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell Barn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newhope Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhope Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell Barn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhope Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bristol Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellis Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ellis Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order A4540 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Mosedale Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Irving Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellevue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellevue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellevue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellevue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Henstead Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Vere Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Henstead Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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