Postcode district · Southam
Crime in CV47
How much crime is recorded in CV47, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 27,723 (2024)
How safe is CV47
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in CV47, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CV47National
Violence and sexual offences10.623.6
Anti-social behaviour8.010.7
Burglary7.99.1
Other theft2.74.5
Shoplifting2.78.4
Vehicle crime2.23.5
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Public order1.94.6
Other crime1.01.5
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Theft from the person0.52.1
Robbery0.31.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 6% 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.