Crime Statistics for Gorsley Ley, Lichfield, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 74 street level crime incidents in Gorsley Ley in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Gorsley Ley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	29
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Vehicle Crime	8
Shoplifting	6
Public Order	5
Burglary	4
Other Theft	3
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Robbery	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	74

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Gorsley Ley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Gorsley Ley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Gorsley Ley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Gorsley Ley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Burntwood (0.62 miles)	113
Chase Terrace (1.24 miles)	105
Chasetown (0.88 miles)	98
Gorsley Ley	74
Hammerwich (1.24 miles)	41
Edial (0.88 miles)	23
Burntwood Green (0.88 miles)	23
Goosemoor Green (1.24 miles)	21
Chorley (0.88 miles)	14
Creswell Green (0.88 miles)	14

Where are the most violent places near Gorsley Ley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Gorsley Ley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Chase Terrace	39
Burntwood	38
Chasetown	35
Gorsley Ley	29
Hammerwich	18
Goosemoor Green	8
Chorley	7
Creswell Green	7
Edial	6
Burntwood Green	6

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Gorsley Ley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Gorsley Ley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Gorsley Ley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Gorsley Ley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Gorsley Ley is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chasetown	55
2	Norton Canes	49
3	Brownhills	46
4	Hammerwich with Wall	37
5	Aldridge North and Walsall Wood	37
6	Boney Hay & Central	29
7	Chase Terrace	24
8	Rawnsley	22
9	Summerfield & All Saints	22
10	St John's	14
11	Highfield	12

Which road in Gorsley Ley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Gorsley Ley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.