Total Crime Rate

99.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.3 7/10
  • Other theft 15.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.0 5/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

London Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Cheylesmore , and the 337th highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around London Road (CV1 2JT) in the last 12 months was 99.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.6% higher than the Cheylesmore average (81.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 141.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 142.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (CV1 2JT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in London Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Short Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Short Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gosford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harper Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft White Friars Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Paradise Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gosford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seagrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Harper Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harper Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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