Total Crime Rate
18.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blackdown area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Stonydelph , and the 34th lowest crime rate of 248 local areas in Tamworth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blackdown (B77 4JH) in the last 12 months was 18.7 per 1,000 residents and was 68.9% lower than the Stonydelph average (60.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackdown (B77 4JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eshton Way, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ealingham (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tamworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Edale | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ealingham | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eshton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eshton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eshton Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ealingham | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ealingham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ealingham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealingham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealingham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lothersdale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealingham | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealingham | Under investigation |
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