Crime Statistics for The Alders, Tamworth, Staffordshire, 2024

There were a total of 88 street level crime incidents in The Alders in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in The Alders, 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	39
Shoplifting	13
Other Theft	8
Vehicle Crime	7
Burglary	5
Public Order	4
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Robbery	2
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	88

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 The Alders. 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 The Alders

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Kettlebrook (1.39 miles)	204
Bolehall (1.39 miles)	204
Anker (0.95 miles)	174
Bitterscote (0.88 miles)	167
Borough Park (1.39 miles)	141
The Alders	88
Fazeley (1.39 miles)	84
Bonehill (1.24 miles)	45
Mile Oak (1.39 miles)	25
Hopwas (1.39 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near The Alders?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Kettlebrook	83
Bolehall	83
Anker	69
Borough Park	69
Bitterscote	61
The Alders	39
Fazeley	26
Bonehill	17
Mile Oak	10
Hopwas	1

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

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 The Alders 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 The Alders compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to The Alders and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. The Alders is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Glascote	74
2	Belgrave	63
3	Castle	61
4	Bolehall	56
5	Spital	52
6	Mercian	46
7	Fazeley	42
8	Amington	38
9	Trinity	27
10	Whittington & Streethay	20
11	Mease Valley	11

Which road in The Alders has the highest level of crime?

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