Crime Statistics for Hammerwich, Lichfield, Staffordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Hammerwich in October 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime14
Criminal Damage Arson10
Vehicle Crime4
Other Theft4
Public Order3
Other Crime2
Burglary2
Anti Social Behaviour2
Shoplifting1
All Crime42

Map of street level crime incidents in October 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Catshill (1.39 miles)408
Burntwood (1.39 miles)263
Chasetown (0.88 miles)180
Gorsley Ley (1.24 miles)140
Brownhills (1.75 miles)129
Springhill (1.24 miles)127
Rushall Canal (1.18 miles)122
Hammerwich42
Burntwood Green (0.88 miles)28
Edial (0.88 miles)17

2.73%
of Summerfield & All Saints residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Catshill245
Burntwood78
Brownhills78
Chasetown59
Gorsley Ley53
Springhill47
Rushall Canal33
Hammerwich14
Burntwood Green8
Edial7

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.

#WardScore
1Chasetown55
2Norton Canes49
3Brownhills46
4Pelsall45
5Hammerwich with Wall37
6Aldridge North and Walsall Wood37
7Shenstone32
8Boney Hay & Central29
9Chase Terrace24
10Summerfield & All Saints22
11Highfield12

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.

Last updated: October 2024
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