Total Crime Rate
30.8 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.2 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Coleridge Close area has the lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Castle , and the 66th lowest 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 Coleridge Close (B79 8DS) in the last 12 months was 30.8 per 1,000 residents and was 87.3% lower than the Castle average (242.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coleridge Close (B79 8DS), the main crime hotspot is near Milton Avenue. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Tamworth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Close | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Ludgate | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ludgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Robbery | Moorgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Close | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Close | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salter'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Court | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Drive | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Masefield Drive | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marmion Park | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ives Close | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Thackeray Drive | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingsley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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