Lichfield Rural vs Newcastle Town

Lichfield Rural has a safety score of 21/100 (High Crime) and recorded 651 crimes in the last 12 months. Newcastle Town has a safety score of 4/100 (High Crime) with 2,567 crimes. Lichfield Rural scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Lichfield Rural shows a year-on-year crime trend of +1.7% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Newcastle Town shows +15.9% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Lichfield Rural, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (273 incidents). In Newcastle Town, it is Violent Crime (884 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Lichfield Rural recorded 108 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Newcastle Town recorded 442. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Lichfield Rural totalled 273 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 884 in Newcastle Town. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Lichfield Rural recorded 640 crimes (now 651, a change of +1.7%). Newcastle Town recorded 2,214 crimes previously (now 2,567, +15.9%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Lichfield Rural has a resolution rate of 8.5% and Newcastle Town has 24.9%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Lichfield Rural falls within the Staffordshire Police boundary. Newcastle Town is covered by Staffordshire Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Lichfield Rural and Newcastle Town. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.