Crime Statistics for Bitterscote, Tamworth, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 167 street level crime incidents in Bitterscote in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bitterscote, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	61
Vehicle Crime	20
Shoplifting	19
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Public Order	13
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Burglary	9
Other Theft	9
Drugs	5
Robbery	2
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	167

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bitterscote. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bitterscote

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bitterscote and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bitterscote has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Kettlebrook (0.62 miles)	204
Bolehall (0.62 miles)	204
Tamworth (1.24 miles)	175
Anker (0.22 miles)	174
Bitterscote	167
Belgrave (1.39 miles)	150
The Alders (0.88 miles)	99
Fazeley (0.62 miles)	84
Bonehill (0.88 miles)	45
Mile Oak (1.39 miles)	25

Where are the most violent places near Bitterscote?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bitterscote and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Kettlebrook	83
Bolehall	83
Tamworth	76
Belgrave	71
Anker	69
Bitterscote	61
The Alders	38
Fazeley	26
Bonehill	17
Mile Oak	10

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bitterscote?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bitterscote to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bitterscote compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bitterscote and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bitterscote is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Glascote	74
2	Belgrave	63
3	Stonydelph	63
4	Castle	61
5	Bolehall	56
6	Mercian	46
7	Fazeley	42
8	Amington	38
9	Wilnecote	37
10	Trinity	27
11	Whittington & Streethay	20

Which road in Bitterscote has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bitterscote with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.