Total Crime Rate
59.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dimbles Lane area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chadsmead , and the 135th highest crime rate of 342 local areas in Lichfield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dimbles Lane (WS13 7HL) in the last 12 months was 59.4 per 1,000 residents and was 27.7% lower than the Chadsmead average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dimbles Lane (WS13 7HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Weston Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lichfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Charters | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stychbrook Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crane Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawkins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willowtree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hewitt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leyfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dimbles Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stychbrook Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Miller Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friday Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Friday Acre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Booth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friday Acre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Under investigation |
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