Total Crime Rate

73.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.7 8/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Robbery 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 50th lowest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 1309th lowest 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 Ryland Road (B15 2BN) in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ryland Road (B15 2BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elvetham Road North, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springmeadow Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ryland Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springmeadow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cambridge Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightingale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cregoe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cregoe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mosedale Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Midford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mosedale Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell Barn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springmeadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lee Bank Middleway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lee Bank Middleway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springmeadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell Barn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Elvetham Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfred Knight Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Elvetham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elvetham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lee Mount Under investigation

Data Sources

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