Total Crime Rate

89.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.5 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Ryders Mill Close area has the 64th highest crime rate of 135 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 397th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ryders Mill Close (B70 9NR) in the last 12 months was 89.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% lower than the Great Bridge average (117.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 157.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ryders Mill Close (B70 9NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cordley Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dudley Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ryders Mill Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cordley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutton Crescent Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other crime Ryders Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wheatley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wheatley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Butler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coppice Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eaton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Young Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Young Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hilton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cordley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Claypit Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Butler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claypit Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Davey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bilhay Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Living Well Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bilhay Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bilhay Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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