Total Crime Rate

96.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 96.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.6 8/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.3 9/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 17th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Belgrave , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Tamworth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watling Street (B77 5BB) in the last 12 months was 96.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% higher than the Belgrave average (95.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watling Street (B77 5BB), the main crime hotspot is near Tarrant. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 11 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 (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wandsbeck Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarrant Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Valley Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tarrant Local resolution
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Data Sources

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