Total Crime Rate
87.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rodyard Way area has the 26th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Cheylesmore , and the 362nd highest crime rate of 998 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 Rodyard Way (CV1 2UD) in the last 12 months was 87.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rodyard Way (CV1 2UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Paradise Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Short Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gillquart Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seagrave Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paradise Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Paradise Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parkside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parkside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peckstone Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | John Grace Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Martyrs' Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Martyrs' Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perchfoot Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hockett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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