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Lichfield crime statistics

Published street-level crime across the whole Lichfield local authority, using ONS geography and resident population estimates.

July 202624 months of published records

Area covered: Lichfield local authority (2023 boundary).

Counts cover published, geographically assignable Police.uk street-level records. Anti-social behaviour is shown separately and excluded from crime rates. British Transport Police records are included when published; missing force submissions are identified. Boundary source.

July 2026589published crimes, excluding ASB
Anti-social behaviour139separate records in the same month
Annual territorial crimes per 1,000 residents57.1Excludes ASB and transport police · latest 12 months

Lichfield: what the figures show

Police.uk publishes 589 crime records and 139 anti-social behaviour records for Lichfield local authority (2023 boundary) in July 2026. Across the latest 12 reporting months, the published territorial-force crime count, excluding British Transport Police, is 6,472.

The resident population used is 113,270, from ONS mid-2025 estimates on the same local-authority geography. Dividing the annual territorial-force crime count (excluding British Transport Police and ASB) by this population gives 57.1 crimes per 1,000 residents. This is a reporting rate, not the probability that a resident will experience crime. Visitors, commuters and nightlife can affect busy areas. Population source.

British Transport Police has missing submissions in this period. Its records are included in the monthly category totals when supplied, but excluded consistently from annual rates and comparisons in both years. The rate covers published territorial-force street-level crimes; it is not an all-crime rate.

Monthly crime trend

24 reporting months, with anti-social behaviour listed separately. A missing month is not shown as a true zero.

View all 24 months and coverage
MonthCrimesASBCoverage
July 2026589139Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 2026642107Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 202657292Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 2026542102Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 202658198Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 202649283Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 202647575Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
December 202549849Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
November 202547471Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
October 202556177Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
September 202555694Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
August 2025490117Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
July 202556093Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 2025533103Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 2025508101Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 202555598Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 202557287Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 202540945Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 202551152Territorial submission present
December 202446055Territorial submission present
November 202444764Territorial submission present
October 202449865Territorial submission present
September 202454464Territorial submission present
August 202462677Territorial submission present

Comparison with the previous year

The latest 12-month published territorial-force crime count changed by +4.5% compared with the preceding 12 months (6,191 → 6,472). Comparisons use crimes excluding ASB and British Transport Police, the same area boundary and 12 months in each period.

Interactive anonymised crime map

Explore the latest month within the outlined boundary. Markers group published approximate locations into small grid cells; they do not identify the exact building or address of an offence.

Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors. Crime data: Police.uk. Records without usable coordinates can appear in authority totals but cannot be plotted. Zoom and select a marker to see its category counts.

Crime categories in July 2026

Published category counts; anti-social behaviour is a separate non-crime category
CategoryRecordsShare
Violence and sexual offences30642.0%
Anti-social behaviour13919.1%
Public order648.8%
Shoplifting415.6%
Criminal damage and arson415.6%
Other theft354.8%
Burglary314.3%
Vehicle crime283.8%
Other crime152.1%
Drugs131.8%
Possession of weapons71.0%
Robbery30.4%
Theft from the person30.4%
Bicycle theft20.3%

Outcomes recorded for these crimes

The latest outcome attached to crimes reported in July 2026, as supplied in this archive. These are not all decisions made during that month. ASB has no crime outcome; an unrecorded outcome does not prove an investigation has ended.

Latest supplied outcomes for the selected crime cohort, excluding ASB
CategoryRecordsShare
Under investigation42271.6%
Investigation complete; no suspect identified8414.3%
Unable to prosecute suspect559.3%
Local resolution132.2%
Awaiting court outcome111.9%
Further investigation is not in the public interest20.3%
Action to be taken by another organisation10.2%
Further action is not in the public interest10.2%

Compare nearby local authorities

Nearest area centres, using the same 12-month reporting window and area type. Overlapping neighbourhoods and court areas must not be added together.

AreaAnnual territorial crimesPer 1,000 residents
Tamworth5,70270.1
Cannock Chase7,66673.5
Walsall29,14198.5
North Warwickshire4,13761.1
South Derbyshire6,09851.1

Rates reflect published street-level records. British Transport Police and ASB are excluded consistently from annual figures. Differences in visitors, reporting and recording practices still limit comparisons.

Local police and neighbourhood team

Staffordshire Police is the territorial force identified for this area’s reference point.

Published neighbourhood: Mease Tame & Whittington. A whole local authority may be served by multiple teams.

Published neighbourhood team members (10)
  • Dudley PinsonSergeant
  • Stuart ColemanChief inspector
  • Melissa ByrneInspector
  • Margaret GriffithsPCSO
  • Elaine SneydPCSO
  • Alex Clayton-TangPolice constable
  • Michelle Lynskey-NealPolice constable
  • Bethany HillSergeant
  • William BrindleyPolice constable
  • Viet VoSergeant

Call 999 in an emergency. For non-emergency reporting, use the force’s official website or 101.

Nearby police stations and police locations

Distances are straight-line estimates from the report’s reference point. OpenStreetMap may include operational offices without public counters; confirm visitor access and opening times with the police before travelling.

Station location data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence.

How these statistics are collected

We aggregate the Police.uk monthly bulk archive across submitting forces. Local-authority records are assigned with the ONS 2021 LSOA-to-2023 local-authority lookup, with spatial assignment when an LSOA match is absent. Neighbourhood and court-area counts use the published anonymised coordinates inside the displayed boundary. Non-empty duplicate crime identifiers are removed within each reporting month; anonymous ASB records are retained.

Coordinates are anonymised before publication and grouped again for this map. Unreported incidents, records without a usable location, some offence types and missing force submissions are outside these figures. Whole-area geographic coverage does not mean every crime is included.

Missing submissions during the latest 12 months include: British Transport Police. Read current Police.uk coverage notes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full methodology and population calculation.