Armitage with Handsacre
WardNorth west Lichfield. About 8,228 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 24 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 15% of people in Armitage with Handsacre live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Armitage with Handsacre compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Armitage with Handsacre safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Armitage with Handsacre at a rate of 46.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 67.7 per 1,000 people across Lichfield.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 45 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Armitage with Handsacre.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (195), other crime (71) and anti-social behaviour (64).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Lichfield
These figures are published for the whole of Lichfield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Lichfield and not Armitage with Handsacre alone. See Lichfield
Armitage with Handsacre in brief
Armitage with Handsacre had 8,018 usual residents at the census.
About 15% of people in Armitage with Handsacre live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Armitage with Handsacre, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Armitage with Handsacre, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.