Crime Rates at Blithbury Road, Rugeley, WS15 3HQ

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 3HQ) 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) .

In the area around Blithbury Road (WS15 3HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colton Road, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rugeley Trent Valley (Station) (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.