Total Crime Rate

932.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

220.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 932.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 440.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 220.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 118.6 10/10
  • Public order 93.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 67.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 59.3 10/10
  • Other theft 33.9 10/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Other crime 17.0 10/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Robbery 8.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bird Street area has the highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chadsmead , and the highest crime rate of 342 local areas in Lichfield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bird Street (WS13 6PR) in the last 12 months was 932.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1034.3% higher than the Chadsmead average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -17.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 220.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bird Street (WS13 6PR), the main crime hotspot is near Conduit Street. Police recorded 164 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bird Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/63)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime The Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dam Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Frog Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bird Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bird Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bird Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bird Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Reeve Lane —
Apr 2026Drugs Bird Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dam Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dam Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandford Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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