Total Crime Rate

124.8 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 124.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.2 8/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 1.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Robbery 1.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.5 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Lower 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Holyhead Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Well Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mill Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringway Rudge Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ringway Hill Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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