Total Crime Rate

20.7 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 20.7 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.8 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Hill Crest Drive area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chadsmead , and the 81st lowest crime rate of 342 local areas in Lichfield .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hill Crest Drive (WS13 7AX) in the last 12 months was 20.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.4% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hill Crest Drive (WS13 7AX), the main crime hotspot is near Greencroft. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hill Crest Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Jordan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Greencroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lomax Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Martin Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Martin Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Martin Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brook Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greencroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greencroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Ridings Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Giffords Croft —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Giffords Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaconfields —
Sep 2025Robbery Beaconfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beaconfields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wood Ridings Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lomax Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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