Total Crime Rate

173.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 173.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Ridgewood Rise area has the 4th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Amington , and the 19th highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Tamworth .

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 Ridgewood Rise (B77 3AG) in the last 12 months was 173.6 per 1,000 residents and was 190.1% higher than the Amington average (59.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 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 Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 107.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridgewood Rise (B77 3AG), the main crime hotspot is near Lindera. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ridgewood Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Caister Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Caister Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bexhill Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Juniper Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Repington Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Repington Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Juniper Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maple Rise —
Sep 2025Public order The Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Woodhouse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lindera Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingram Pit Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bexhill Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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