Total Crime Rate
319.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sutherland Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Heath , and the 21st highest crime rate of 333 local areas in Nuneaton and Bedworth .
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 Sutherland Drive (CV12 8TD) in the last 12 months was 319.7 per 1,000 residents and was 370.1% higher than the Heath average (68.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 70.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sutherland Drive (CV12 8TD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leicester Road, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Arden Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cheveral Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Leys | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gordon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Arden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Arden Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Arden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nuneaton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leicester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leicester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leicester Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Leys | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Joseph Luckman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John Knight Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amos Jacques Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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