Total Crime Rate
81.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chesterfield Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chadsmead , and the 84th highest crime rate of 342 local areas in Lichfield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chesterfield Road (WS14 0AA) in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.6% higher than the Chadsmead average (72.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesterfield Road (WS14 0AA), the main crime hotspot is near Foxglove Close. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chadsmead| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Maltings | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Armada Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deans Slade Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deans Slade Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Foxglove Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burwaye Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cairns Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cairns Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellsmore Meadow | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Claypit Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cairns Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbold Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alamein Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Way | Under investigation |
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