Total Crime Rate
301.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cinder Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Boney Hay & Central , and the 9th 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 Cinder Road (WS7 3FS) in the last 12 months was 301.8 per 1,000 residents and was 420.4% higher than the Boney Hay & Central average (58.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 91.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cinder Road (WS7 3FS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Griffin Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boney Hay & Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayward Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hayward Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silverdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ring Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Griffin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Milestone Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Poppy Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayward Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayward Drive | Under investigation |
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