Total Crime Rate
99.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wilmott Close area has the 20th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chadsmead , and the 59th highest crime rate of 342 local areas in Lichfield .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wilmott Close (WS13 8BD) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% higher 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wilmott Close (WS13 8BD), the main crime hotspot is near Thropp Close. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lichfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thropp Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Dell | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thacker Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Sandford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Sandford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thacker Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Townfields | Under investigation |
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