Total Crime Rate

435.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 435.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 185.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 78.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 43.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.6 10/10
  • Public order 34.5 10/10
  • Other theft 18.8 9/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 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

Bird 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bird Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conduit Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conduit Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conduit Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conduit Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conduit Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conduit Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conduit Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Conduit Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conduit Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Conduit Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conduit Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conduit Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conduit Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conduit Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandford Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Frog Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Market Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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