Total Crime Rate
77.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower Hillmorton Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Benn , and the 108th 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 Lower Hillmorton Road (CV21 3ST) in the last 12 months was 77.2 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower than the Benn average (141.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Hillmorton Road (CV21 3ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argyle Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Murrayian Close (14 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 | Rosemary Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wells Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paradise Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Paradise Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Murrayian Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosemary Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earl Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bruce Williams Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
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