Total Crime Rate

90.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Mesnes Green area has the 21st highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Chadsmead , and the 69th 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 Mesnes Green (WS14 9AB) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 297.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mesnes Green (WS14 9AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Gardens (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mesnes Green area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Greenhill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Greenwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Strawberry Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order A5127 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary High Croft Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Davidson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Greenhill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Greenhill Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson John Wilks Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wiltell Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wiltell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Frog Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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