Total Crime Rate

507.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 507.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 125.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 118.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.8 9/10
  • Other theft 51.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.6 10/10
  • Public order 25.9 10/10
  • Other crime 11.1 10/10
  • Robbery 11.1 9/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Watling Street area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Baddesley and Grendon , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 265 local areas in North Warwickshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watling Street (B78 1SZ) in the last 12 months was 507.4 per 1,000 residents and was 745.7% higher than the Baddesley and Grendon average (60.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -38.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 114.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watling Street (B78 1SZ), the main crime hotspot is near Daw Mill Drive. Police recorded 5 crimes here, including 3 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Watling Street area

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Data Sources

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