Total Crime Rate

76.9 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 76.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Lud Lane area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Castle , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Tamworth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lud Lane (B79 7EW) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 66.6% lower than the Castle average (230.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lud Lane (B79 7EW), the main crime hotspot is near Chaucer Close. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lud Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tempest Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Prospect Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prospect Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Burns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wardle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ludgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Coleridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Offa Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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