Total Crime Rate
20.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brook Close 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 Brook Close (WS13 7ES) 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 Brook Close (WS13 7ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaconfields, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Friday Acre (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chadsmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Ridings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Ridings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lomax Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beecroft Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beecroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lomax Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Jordan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beaconfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Beaconfields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaconfields | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Giffords Croft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Giffords Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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