Total Crime Rate
1380.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
882.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Silver Street area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in St Michael's , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 998 local areas in Coventry .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Silver Street (CV1 1HP) in the last 12 months was 1380.0 per 1,000 residents and was 472.0% higher than the St Michael's average (241.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 230 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 309 (≈ 882.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Silver Street (CV1 1HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 508 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burges (228 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chauntry Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cross Cheaping | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hay Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hay Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hay Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmer Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Cheaping | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pepper Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pepper Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pepper Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Cheaping | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cross Cheaping | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Cheaping | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chauntry Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hay Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Cheaping | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Cheaping | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Cheaping | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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