Total Crime Rate
83.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Laurel Drive area has the 20th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Arley and Whitacre , and the 99th highest crime rate of 266 local areas in North Warwickshire .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Laurel Drive (CV10 0XP) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.6% lower than the Arley and Whitacre average (84.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Laurel Drive (CV10 0XP), the main crime hotspot is near Waggestaff Drive. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hartshill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maize Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waggestaff Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Larches | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | School Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hayes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alders Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ansley Common | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waggestaff Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waggestaff Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waggestaff Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alders Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waggestaff Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coleshill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hillside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansley Common | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansley Common | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansley Common | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hawthorn Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawthorn Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawthorn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorn Way | — |
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