Postcode district · Tamworth
Crime in B79
How much crime is recorded in B79, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Tamworth
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 38,619 (2024)
How safe is B79
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 30.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in B79, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
30.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
58
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).
B79National
Violence and sexual offences22.823.6
Burglary9.09.1
Anti-social behaviour8.410.7
Shoplifting6.48.4
Public order4.94.6
Vehicle crime4.13.5
Other theft3.64.5
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Drugs1.42.4
Other crime1.11.5
Robbery1.11.4
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Theft from the person0.52.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
20
30
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2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.