Crime in North Warwickshire: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (1,751), anti-social behaviour (1,149) and vehicle crime (503) made up 65% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 188th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the lower half.

The year to August 2026 had the least recorded crime in North Warwickshire of any year here (5,254 crimes). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it fell 13%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, North Warwickshire recorded notably more vehicle crime (51% above the national rate), and notably less shoplifting (76% below) and drugs (58% below). On the year before, vehicle crime fell from 689 to 503 and shoplifting fell from 177 to 135.

What each category covers: crime categories.

4,110 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in North Warwickshire in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 61.2 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was down 2% on the year ending March 2025 (4,196), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, North Warwickshire had the 88th lowest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Offences recorded in North Warwickshire, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 556 offences (14% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for vehicle offences (1.6 times the national rate) and non-residential burglary (1.4 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for shoplifting (0.30 times), possession of drugs (0.30 times) and trafficking of drugs (0.36 times).

The largest rises on the year were in robbery of personal property (+52%) and rape (+44%). The largest falls were in miscellaneous crimes against society (−35%) and trafficking of drugs (−28%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).

Recorded crime in North Warwickshire since the year ending March 2013

The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2013 to 2026. North Warwickshire's rate was below the England and Wales rate in every one of those 14 years. Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).

Districts in the Warwickshire Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 3 districts in the Warwickshire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, North Warwickshire had the 2nd highest rate. Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick are not in the table because the Home Office publishes each of them jointly with a neighbouring district, as one community safety partnership.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

5 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than North Warwickshire; the highest is Birmingham district (123.9 per 1,000) and the lowest Hinckley and Bosworth (66.4).

Of the 32 areas within North Warwickshire, Atherstone Central had the highest crime rate (131.9 per 1,000) and Polesworth the lowest (40.5), 3 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 17% of the crime recorded in North Warwickshire over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (198).

Of the 4,105 crimes in North Warwickshire with a recorded outcome, 35% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 3.7% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,149 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

North Warwickshire has an estimated population of 67,117 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer households without a car (13%, against 23%), fewer students (4.6%, against 7.9%) and less private renting (15%, against 20%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up North Warwickshire average decile 5.4 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.