Crime Rate in St John's, ward

St John's has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 wards in Lichfield district and the 3502nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 340th lowest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in St John's in the last 12 months was 60.7 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% lower than the Lichfield district average (65.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St John's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 167 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 105.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 198 (≈ 30.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St John's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Foxglove Close. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.