Total Crime Rate

57.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 57.8 6/10
  • Violent crimes 36.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 6/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Austen Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Stratford Guildhall & Bridgetown , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 421 local areas in Stratford-on-Avon .

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 Austen Road (CV37 7LD) in the last 12 months was 57.8 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% lower than the Stratford Guildhall & Bridgetown average (159.9 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 Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Austen Road (CV37 7LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Christie Way, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Congreve Way (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Austen Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burns Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wordsworth Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burns Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Burns Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Austen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longfellow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dickens Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Betjeman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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