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Crime in B49 5

How much crime is recorded in B49 5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Stratford-on-Avon
Region
West Midlands
Population
10,609 (2024)
Crime

How safe is B49 5

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in B49 5, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
20.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

B49 5National
Violence and sexual offences13.523.6
Burglary11.89.1
Anti-social behaviour8.310.7
Shoplifting6.18.4
Other theft3.64.5
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Public order2.54.6
Other crime0.81.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Drugs0.62.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Robbery0.41.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 9% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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