Total Crime Rate

17.5 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 17.5 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.5 3/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • 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
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Simpson Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Boley Park , and the 64th lowest 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 Simpson Road (WS13 7PS) in the last 12 months was 17.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.3% lower than the Boley Park average (47.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Simpson Road (WS13 7PS), the main crime hotspot is near Purcell Avenue. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Simpson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Field Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purcell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Field Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miller Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miller Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Truro Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elgar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Curborough Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elgar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakley Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anglesey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Margarets Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ponesgreen Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ponesgreen Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Field Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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