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Glascote

Ward

East Tamworth. About 7,613 people in 1.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Glascote live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,678
3,584th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Glascote compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

GlascoteMiddle
Population10 wards, Tamworth · 2021
Population: every ward in Tamworth10 areas from 7,114 to 9,370. The middle area is 7,651. Glascote is 7,678.
7,6785th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares10 wards, Tamworth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Tamworth10 areas from 3.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 98.5%. Glascote is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage10 wards, Tamworth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Tamworth10 areas from 91.6% to 99.8%. The middle area is 98.7%. Glascote is 97.8%.
97.8%3rd lowest
Claimant rate10 wards, Tamworth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Tamworth10 areas from 1.8% to 4.2%. The middle area is 3.4%. Glascote is 4.2%.
4.2%highest

Is Glascote safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Glascote at a rate of 87.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 80.1 per 1,000 people across Tamworth.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 64 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Glascote.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (335), anti-social behaviour (114) and other crime (84).

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.

Figures for the whole of Tamworth

These figures are published for the whole of Tamworth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tamworth and not Glascote alone. See Tamworth

Average house price
£229,251
Down 0.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,496
174th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.0×
Joint 93rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
20.2
134th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Glascote in brief

Glascote had 7,678 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Glascote live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Glascote, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Glascote, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.