Total Crime Rate
124.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lower Holyhead Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Cheylesmore , and the 241st 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 Lower Holyhead Road (CV1 3AU) in the last 12 months was 124.8 per 1,000 residents and was 53.2% 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Holyhead Road (CV1 3AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Well Street, where police recorded 210 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cheylesmore| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Well Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ringway Rudge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ringway Hill Cross | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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