Total Crime Rate

175.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 175.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.2 10/10
  • Other theft 33.2 10/10
  • Public order 23.7 10/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Drugs 14.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Watling Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bourne Vale , and the 25th highest crime rate of 342 local areas in Lichfield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watling Street (WS14 0PN) in the last 12 months was 175.4 per 1,000 residents and was 75.5% higher than the Bourne Vale average (99.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watling Street (WS14 0PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hungry Lane, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Flats Lane (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bourne Vale

Crime Over Time in Watling Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Hungry Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flats Lane Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 2 of 2

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑