Total Crime Rate

106.0 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 106.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.2 10/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Ridgeway area has the 41st highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 1310th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ridgeway (B32 1AL) in the last 12 months was 106.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.3% lower than the Bartley Green average (111.9 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridgeway (B32 1AL), the main crime hotspot is near Howley Grange Road. Police recorded 13 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ridgeway area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howley Grange Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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