Total Crime Rate

64.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 64.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.8 8/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Comberford Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Mercian , and the 101st highest crime rate of 248 local areas in Tamworth .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Comberford Road (B79 8PB) in the last 12 months was 64.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.6% higher than the Mercian average (64.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 48.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Comberford Road (B79 8PB), the main crime hotspot is near B5493. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Comberford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5493 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillcrest Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Ives Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Holly Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Coleridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wigginton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Gungate Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary B5493 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thackeray Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5493 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salter'S Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B5493 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marmion Park Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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