Total Crime Rate
47.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kew Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Benn , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Rugby .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kew Road (CV21 2QJ) in the last 12 months was 47.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.2% lower than the Benn average (141.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (β 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kew Road (CV21 2QJ), the main crime hotspot is near North Street. Police recorded 161 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rugby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Albert Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinders Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinders Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kimberley Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Swift Park | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Sidings | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charles Warren Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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