Crime Statistics for Hammerwich, Lichfield, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hammerwich in September 2024. There were a total of 42 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hammerwich, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	21
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Public Order	5
Vehicle Crime	4
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Other Theft	1
All Crime	42

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Hammerwich. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Hammerwich

We've taken the ten nearest places to Hammerwich and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Hammerwich has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Catshill (1.39 miles)	205
Burntwood (1.39 miles)	194
Brownhills (1.75 miles)	170
Rushall Canal (1.18 miles)	142
Springhill (1.24 miles)	133
Chasetown (0.88 miles)	117
Gorsley Ley (1.24 miles)	85
Hammerwich	42
Burntwood Green (0.88 miles)	30
Edial (0.88 miles)	22

Where are the most violent places near Hammerwich?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Hammerwich and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Burntwood	97
Catshill	60
Chasetown	56
Brownhills	53
Rushall Canal	52
Springhill	39
Gorsley Ley	36
Hammerwich	21
Burntwood Green	16
Edial	11

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Hammerwich?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Hammerwich to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Hammerwich compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hammerwich and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Hammerwich is ranked #10.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chasetown	55
2	Norton Canes	49
3	Brownhills	46
4	Pelsall	45
5	Hammerwich with Wall	37
6	Aldridge North and Walsall Wood	37
7	Shenstone	32
8	Boney Hay & Central	29
9	Chase Terrace	24
10	Summerfield & All Saints	22
11	Highfield	12

Which road in Hammerwich has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Hammerwich with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.