Total Crime Rate

348.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

142.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 348.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 142.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 52.9 8/10
  • Other theft 37.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.9 10/10
  • Public order 20.3 9/10
  • Burglary 17.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.8 10/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Robbery 12.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.2 8/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tower Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Cheylesmore , and the 46th highest crime rate of 998 local areas in Coventry .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Street (CV1 1JN) in the last 12 months was 348.3 per 1,000 residents and was 362.5% higher than the Cheylesmore average (75.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 130.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -43.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 162 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Street (CV1 1JN), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/234)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ironmonger Row Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ironmonger Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ironmonger Row Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Well Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Well Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hales Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hales Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hales Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hales Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Park/Open Space Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Park/Open Space Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Hales Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hales Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Hales Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hales Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hales Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hales Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Leicester Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Leicester Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ironmonger Row Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ironmonger Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ironmonger Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ironmonger Row Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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