Total Crime Rate
36.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cross Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Benn , and the 135th lowest 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 Cross Street (CV21 3ND) in the last 12 months was 36.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.1% lower than the Benn average (141.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cross Street (CV21 3ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argyle Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbey Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rugby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Graham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abbey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Smiths Orchard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Smiths Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Smiths Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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