Burton Urban vs Tamworth Town

Burton Urban has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) and recorded 2,663 crimes in the last 12 months. Tamworth Town has a safety score of 5/100 (High Crime) with 1,872 crimes. Burton Urban scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Burton Urban shows a year-on-year crime trend of +1.7% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Tamworth Town shows +12.6% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Burton Urban, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (1,225 incidents). In Tamworth Town, it is Violent Crime (614 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Burton Urban recorded 342 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Tamworth Town recorded 196. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Burton Urban totalled 1,225 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 614 in Tamworth Town. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Burton Urban recorded 2,618 crimes (now 2,663, a change of +1.7%). Tamworth Town recorded 1,663 crimes previously (now 1,872, +12.6%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Burton Urban has a resolution rate of 25.6% and Tamworth Town has 27.3%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Burton Urban falls within the Staffordshire Police boundary. Tamworth Town is covered by Staffordshire Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Burton Urban and Tamworth Town. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.