Total Crime Rate

353.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 353.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 178.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.0 9/10
  • Public order 31.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.3 10/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Watling Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Belgrave , and the 7th highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Tamworth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watling Street (B77 5AL) in the last 12 months was 353.5 per 1,000 residents and was 272.1% higher than the Belgrave average (95.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 211.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 95.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watling Street (B77 5AL), the main crime hotspot is near Hilmore Way. Police recorded 159 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Watling Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hilmore Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hilmore Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leven Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hilmore Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hilmore Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lyon Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hilmore Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Harrow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hilmore Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hilmore Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hilmore Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Viking Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hilmore Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilmore Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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