Total Crime Rate

64.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 64.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.0 7/10
  • Drugs 18.7 10/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Dimbles Lane area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chadsmead , and the 113th 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 7JJ) in the last 12 months was 64.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 34.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dimbles Lane (WS13 7JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greencroft, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dimbles Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Giles Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Needwood Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Needwood Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Needwood Hill
Sep 2025Public order Hawkins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hewitt Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willowtree Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greencroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crane Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Francis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Greencroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greencroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margarets Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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