Total Crime Rate
58.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elizabeth Drive area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Castle , and the 115th 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 Elizabeth Drive (B79 8DF) in the last 12 months was 58.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.5% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elizabeth Drive (B79 8DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Milton Avenue, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southey Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Southey Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Burns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Masefield Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Coleridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Southey Drive | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shelley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eusden Close | — |
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