Crime in Rugby
Recorded crime in Rugby is 1.6 times the Rugby council average and 1.2 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 17%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Rugby: about 29,963 residents in 23 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 3/10Above average crime
- Living
- 8.2/10Good
- 5-year change
- −17%fewer crimes
- vs the council
- 1.6×the Rugby council average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Rugby.
Crime over 5 years
Down 17% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Rugby, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 1.6× the Rugby council average (1.2× the England and Wales average). 95 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 65% of the harm here
- Burglary: 11% of the harm here
- Robbery: 6% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 65% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 28 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Rugby (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Rugby council area, not only the town of Rugby. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 184 | 1.5 | Up 12% |
| Cars broken into | 161 | 1.3 | Down 35% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 496 | 4.1 | Up 52% |
| Burglary of homes | 111 | 0.91 | Down 44% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in CV21
In CV21, the postcode district at the centre of Rugby, 10% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 1,330 | 7% | 5% | 70% | 13% | 5% |
| Shoplifting | 371 | 29% | 3% | 8% | 60% | 1% |
| Public order | 303 | 8% | 2% | 63% | 21% | 5% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 257 | 4% | 5% | 28% | 62% | 0% |
| Other theft | 188 | 2% | 2% | 29% | 58% | 9% |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 160 | 1% | 0% | 14% | 78% | 7% |
| Drugs | 147 | 21% | 15% | 24% | 35% | 5% |
| Burglary | 108 | 3% | 0% | 19% | 75% | 4% |
| Other crime | 101 | 12% | 5% | 54% | 23% | 6% |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 58 | 26% | 0% | 60% | 10% | 3% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 4% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Rugby, 2023 to 2025: 203 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 55 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 17 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 27% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 1.1 |
| Burglary | 4.4 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 39.8 |
| Drugs | 4.0 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 1.5 |
| Other crime | 2.1 |
| Other theft | 7.7 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 1.0 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 5.2 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 9.4 |
| Public order | 7.9 |
| Bicycle theft | 2.1 |
| Shoplifting | 8.3 |
Postcode districts in Rugby
Nearby towns
Council: Rugby
Questions about crime in Rugby
- Is Rugby a safe place to live?
- Rugby scores 3 out of 10 for safety (above average crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 1.6 times the Rugby council average.
- Is crime going up or down in Rugby?
- Down 17% over 5 years, from 3,006 recorded crimes a year to 2,497.
- What is the most common crime in Rugby?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 40 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Rugby compare with Rugby council?
- Crime severity in Rugby is 1.6 times the Rugby council average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Rugby?
- In CV21, the postcode district at the centre of Rugby, 10% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 34% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many burglaries are solved in Rugby?
- Of 108 burglaries reported in CV21, the postcode district at the centre of Rugby between September 2024 and August 2025, 3% led to someone being charged or summonsed and 75% were closed with no suspect identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Rugby?
- In the Rugby council area, the police recorded 184 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 1.5 per 1,000 residents, up 12% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Rugby?
- 496 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in the Rugby council area, 4.1 per 1,000 residents, 0.9 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Rugby last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in the Rugby council area, against 2 the year before.