Total Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buchanan Road area has the 53rd highest crime rate of 120 local areas in Bilton , and the 140th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Rugby .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buchanan Road (CV22 6AY) in the last 12 months was 60.4 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% higher than the Bilton average (46.8 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buchanan Road (CV22 6AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bathurst Close, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mellish Court (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 | Mellish Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mellish Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bathurst Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baffin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baffin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Stourhead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kedleston Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garyth Williams Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Melville Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buchanan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mellish Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormesby Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ormesby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormesby Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellish Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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