Total Crime Rate

225.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 225.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.8 10/10
  • Burglary 22.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Drugs 16.1 9/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • 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

Waveley Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Cheylesmore , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waveley Road (CV1 3AG) in the last 12 months was 225.8 per 1,000 residents and was 177.1% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 116.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waveley Road (CV1 3AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vincent Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waveley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Spon End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chester Street
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawksworth Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawksworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherbourne Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Minster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minster Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Meriden Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Meriden Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meriden Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meriden Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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