Total Crime Rate

43.7 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 43.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Blithbury Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Armitage with Handsacre , and the 168th highest crime rate of 342 local areas in Lichfield .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blithbury Road (WS15 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 43.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% higher than the Armitage with Handsacre average (39.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -76.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Blithbury Road area

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Data Sources

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