B79
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Tamworth, The Leys and Browns Lane, in Tamworth, Lichfield and North Warwickshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an B79 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 11% of people in B79 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B79 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B79 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B79 at a rate of 83.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 165 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B79.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (935), other crime (406) and anti-social behaviour (274).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B79 was 87.4 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in B79, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B79 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B79
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lichfield 008A | 2,019 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 42.7% |
| Lichfield 008B | 2,084 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.0% |
| North Warwickshire 001A | 1,975 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.4% |
| Tamworth 001A | 1,676 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Tamworth 001B | 1,362 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| Tamworth 001C | 1,187 | 77.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Tamworth 001D | 1,754 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Tamworth 001E | 1,740 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Tamworth 001F | 2,488 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Tamworth 002A | 1,698 | 441.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Tamworth 002B | 1,701 | 103.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Tamworth 002C | 1,558 | 102.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Tamworth 002D | 1,333 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Tamworth 002E | 2,159 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
MPs for B79
- Sarah EdwardsLabourMP for Tamworth86% of B79’s postcodes
- Rachel TaylorLabourMP for North Warwickshire and Bedworth14% of B79’s postcodes
- Dr Luke EvansConservativeMP for Hinckley and Bosworth0.1% of B79’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in B793
Postcode sectors in B794
Councils B79 covers3
Towns in B791
Postcode districts next to B797
Nearest rail stations3
More in the B postcode area2
B79 in brief
B79 is a postcode district covering Tamworth, The Leys and Browns Lane, in Tamworth, Lichfield and North Warwickshire.
About 25,890 people lived in B79 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 358 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B79 was £280,000 in 2025.
B79 had 23,841 usual residents at the census.
About 11% of people in B79 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B79, 90.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.