Total Crime Rate

216.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 216.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.0 10/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Lovatt Place area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Chadsmoor , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 318 local areas in Cannock Chase .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lovatt Place (WS11 5FH) in the last 12 months was 216.5 per 1,000 residents and was 179.1% higher than the Chadsmoor average (77.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 129.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lovatt Place (WS11 5FH), the main crime hotspot is near Princess Street. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Lovatt Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wright'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pye Green Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margaret Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margaret Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Margaret Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wright'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wright'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wright'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wright'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Margaret Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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