Total Crime Rate

34.8 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 34.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Yew Tree Avenue area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Boley Park , and the 140th lowest crime rate of 342 local areas in Lichfield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yew Tree Avenue (WS14 9UA) in the last 12 months was 34.8 per 1,000 residents and was 26.9% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 19.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yew Tree Avenue (WS14 9UA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lawford Avenue, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Witley Drive (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Yew Tree Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Lawford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Witley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Witley Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Witley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lambourne Close Local resolution
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Data Sources

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