Total Crime Rate
435.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bird Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chadsmead , and the 4th 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 6PW) in the last 12 months was 435.7 per 1,000 residents and was 502.4% higher than the Chadsmead average (72.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 228.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bird Street (WS13 6PW), the main crime hotspot is near Conduit Street. Police recorded 159 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chadsmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conduit Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conduit Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conduit Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conduit Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conduit Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conduit Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Conduit Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conduit Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conduit Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conduit Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conduit Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conduit Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conduit Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conduit Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Frog Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Market Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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