Rugby crime rate Interactive maps and visualisation

Overview of Rugby crime rate

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Rugby’s crime assessment is low.

Positioned 22nd among 25 local districts in crime rates, Rugby reported 8,111 crimes in 2023. The town, with a population of 114,363, experienced a crime rate of 70.92 per 1,000 people, signifying a 9.18% decrease from the prior year.

Leading crime types in Rugby include Violence and sexual offences (38.7%), Anti-social behaviour (13.6%), and Vehicle crime (8.0%), with the rarest being Robbery (0.6%), Theft from the person (0.5%), and Bicycle theft (0.5%).

Within its 16 wards, Rugby’s areas with the highest crime rates are Benn (147.3), Newbold and Brownsover (130.0), Eastlands (88.0), while the safest wards are Bilton (35.4), Paddox (34.1), Leam Valley (27.4).

In postcode districts overlapping with Rugby, CV2 (125.5), CV11 (116.1), and CV47 (115.3) show the highest crime rates, while CV22 (50.4), CV23 (49.6), CV8 (45.8) are the safest.

In Rugby, there was an increase in Anti-social behaviour by 4.5% in 2020, Shoplifting by 1.77% in 2023, Vehicle crime by 1.93% in 2022, and Violence and sexual offences by 1.82% in 2021. However, there was a decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 8.36% in 2021 and 4.19% in 2023, Burglary by 1.82% in 2020, Criminal damage and arson by 1.66% in 2023, Other theft by 2.21% in 2020 and 1.75% in 2023, Shoplifting by 1.64% in 2020, and Violence and sexual offences by 3.15% in 2022.

Rugby crime incidents by crime type

A total of 8111 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 3141 (38.7)%
Anti-social behaviour – 1106 (13.6)%
Vehicle crime – 648 (8.0)%
Public order – 574 (7.1)%
Shoplifting – 567 (7.0)%
Other theft – 543 (6.7)%
Criminal damage and arson – 531 (6.5)%
Burglary – 301 (3.7)%
Drugs – 234 (2.9)%
Other crime – 225 (2.8)%
Possession of weapons – 110 (1.4)%
Robbery – 45 (0.6)%
Theft from the person – 44 (0.5)%
Bicycle theft – 42 (0.5)%

How does Rugby compare against nearby areas ?

Rugby ranks 22nd when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas Rugby is compared against

Crime rates in Rugby wards

There are 16 wards within Rugby. Benn, Newbold and Brownsover, Eastlands has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 16 wards from high crime rate to low.