Total Crime Rate

47.9 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 47.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Burglary 12.0 9/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Ridgeway Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Brizlincote , and the 179th lowest crime rate of 371 local areas in East Staffordshire .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ridgeway Road (DE15 9PY) in the last 12 months was 47.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% lower than the Brizlincote average (60.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridgeway Road (DE15 9PY), the main crime hotspot is near Sycamore Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ridgeway Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pinewood Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yewtree Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yewtree Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rosliston Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ridgeway Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sycamore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramble Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramble Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bramble Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yewtree Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawthorn Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blackthorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosewood Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazelwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazelwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosewood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosewood Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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