A tire inspection apparatus comprising: a storage means for storing a model pattern of a molded object comprising character strings to be molded on a tire side of a tire to be inspected and a master image of the tire side, the master image being prepared when the molded object and a rubber burr are molded together as a conforming article; a model pattern locating means for locating the model pattern on a captured image of the tire side to be inspected in a position of the captured image showing a highest degree of agreement with the model pattern; a rubber burr location identifying means for identifying a location of the rubber burr (U') from the captured image by comparing the position of the model pattern located on the captured image against a position of the model pattern on the master image, the rubber burr location identifying means is equipped with a dislocation amount calculating means, a rubber burr location identifying function acquiring means and a rubber burr location calculating means, the dislocation amount calculating means calculating dislocation amounts (δL) between the locations of characters located on the captured image captured for inspection and the corresponding locations of the characters on the master image; the rubber burr location identifying function acquiring means obtaining a location identifying function for identifying the tendency of dislocation of the rubber burrs (U') from the dislocation amounts (δL) of the respective characters on the captured image; the rubber burr location calculating means identifies locations of the rubber burrs (U') from the captured image using the location identifying function and the locations of the rubber burrs in the master image. a storage means for storing a model pattern of a molded object comprising character strings to be molded on a tire side of a tire to be inspected and a master image of the tire side, the master image being prepared when the molded object and a rubber burr are molded together as a conforming article; a model pattern locating means for locating the model pattern on a captured image of the tire side to be inspected in a position of the captured image showing a highest degree of agreement with the model pattern; a rubber burr location identifying means for identifying a location of the rubber burr (U') from the captured image by comparing the position of the model pattern located on the captured image against a position of the model pattern on the master image, the rubber burr location identifying means is equipped with a dislocation amount calculating means, a rubber burr location identifying function acquiring means and a rubber burr location calculating means, the dislocation amount calculating means calculating dislocation amounts (δL) between the locations of characters located on the captured image captured for inspection and the corresponding locations of the characters on the master image; the rubber burr location identifying function acquiring means obtaining a location identifying function for identifying the tendency of dislocation of the rubber burrs (U') from the dislocation amounts (δL) of the respective characters on the captured image; the rubber burr location calculating means identifies locations of the rubber burrs (U') from the captured image using the location identifying function and the locations of the rubber burrs in the master image.