Crime Rate in Castle, ward

Castle has the highest crime rate of 10 wards in Tamworth district and the 205th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 11th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Castle in the last 12 months was 230.1 per 1,000 residents and was 175.6% higher than the Tamworth district average (83.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Castle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 632 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 11 cases , down -35.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 57.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 882 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Castle ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 233 crimes here, including 128 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.