Postcode · Tamworth
Crime in B79 0BT
How much crime is recorded in B79 0BT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Polesworth, Warton & Austrey
- Council
- North Warwickshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,243 (2024)
B79 0BTTamworth
How safe is B79 0BT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B79 0BT area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
B79 0BTNational
Violence and sexual offences13.223.6
Anti-social behaviour9.310.7
Burglary8.99.1
Vehicle crime3.03.5
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Other crime2.41.5
Public order2.44.6
Other theft2.14.5
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Drugs0.72.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.