Crime Statistics for Chasetown, Lichfield, Staffordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Chasetown, Lichfield

There were a total of 107 street level crime incidents in Chasetown in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chasetown, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime51
Other Theft12
Vehicle Crime9
Criminal Damage Arson9
Anti Social Behaviour7
Public Order6
Burglary4
Other Crime4
Shoplifting3
Drugs2
All Crime107

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Chasetown

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Chase Terrace (0.88 miles)126
Burntwood (0.62 miles)125
Chasetown107
Rushall Canal (0.93 miles)85
Gorsley Ley (0.88 miles)73
Hammerwich (0.88 miles)33
Chorley (1.75 miles)14
Creswell Green (1.75 miles)14
Edial (1.24 miles)9
Burntwood Green (1.24 miles)9

2.73%
of Summerfield & All Saints residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Chasetown?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Chase Terrace62
Burntwood60
Chasetown51
Gorsley Ley43
Rushall Canal33
Hammerwich16
Chorley6
Creswell Green6
Edial4
Burntwood Green4

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

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 Chasetown 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 Chasetown compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Chasetown55
2Norton Canes49
3Brownhills46
4Pelsall45
5Hammerwich with Wall37
6Aldridge North and Walsall Wood37
7Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury31
8Boney Hay & Central29
9Chase Terrace24
10Summerfield & All Saints22
11Highfield12

Which road in Chasetown has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chasetown with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Tudor Park Gardens.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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