Postcode · Tamworth
Crime in B79 0NU
How much crime is recorded in B79 0NU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Polesworth, Warton & Austrey
- Council
- North Warwickshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,862 (2024)
B79 0NUTamworth
How safe is B79 0NU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B79 0NU area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
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 0NUNational
Burglary14.09.1
Anti-social behaviour11.410.7
Violence and sexual offences9.823.6
Public order2.44.6
Other theft2.44.5
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Other crime1.61.5
Drugs1.22.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.