Total Crime Rate
84.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wathen Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Budbrooke , and the 131st highest crime rate of 476 local areas in Warwick .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wathen Road (CV34 5BB) in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 85.6% higher than the Budbrooke average (45.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wathen Road (CV34 5BB), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 85 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Warwick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trueman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wathen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hospital | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newburgh Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newburgh Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tatnall Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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