Crime Rates at Melville Road, Coventry, CV1 3AN

Melville Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Radford , and the 214th highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Melville Road (CV1 3AN) in the last 12 months was 134.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% higher than the Radford average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melville Road (CV1 3AN), 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.