Property market
The five-year median is £257,500 from 2,279 recorded sales in B79. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Tamworth is £230,478 in June 2026, up 1.9% year on year.
B79
UK postcode district
Part of Tamworth
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 889
- Current units
- 708
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East Midlands, West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 4
- Terminated postcode units
- 181
Postcode sectors in B79
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
12,403 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 35, Prospect Street, The Leys, Tamworth, B79 7EU | 24 July 2026 | £180,000 |
| 60, Milton Avenue, Tamworth, B79 8JQ | 20 July 2026 | £235,000 |
| 12, Perrycrofts Crescent, Tamworth, B79 8TW | 20 July 2026 | £250,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 18
- Primary
- 13
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,227
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 899
- Anti social behaviour 240
- Shoplifting 211
- Public order 208
- Vehicle crime 178
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- B79 usual residents
- 24,396
- Age-profile population
- 24,271
Age bands in B79
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.9%
- 3,860 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- 2,395 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.3%
- 5,902 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27%
- 6,555 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.9%
- 5,559 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 695 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 633 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 542 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
in this district
CROWN MEDICAL PRACTICE
TAMWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER GUNGATE, TAMWORTH, B79 7EA
ODS code M83117
HOLLIES PRACTICE
TAMWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, UPPER GUNGATE, TAMWORTH, B79 7EA
ODS code M83088
LAUREL HOUSE SURGERY
12 ALBERT ROAD, TAMWORTH, B79 7JN
ODS code M83062
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
41-42 BALFOUR, TAMWORTH, B79 7BH
ODS code M83111
THE ALDERGATE MED.PRACT.
THE MOUNT, 10 SALTERS LANE, TAMWORTH, B79 8BH
ODS code M83032
THE PEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE
DOCTORS SURGERY, THE PEEL PRACTICE, 2 ALDERGATE, TAMWORTH, B79 7DJ
ODS code M83148
Evidence in context
Schools
18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,227 published events cover 12 months, averaging 186 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 899 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.