Total Crime Rate
348.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lamb Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Cheylesmore , and the 46th highest crime rate of 998 local areas in Coventry .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lamb Street (CV1 4AE) in the last 12 months was 348.3 per 1,000 residents and was 362.5% 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 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 130.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -43.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 162 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lamb Street (CV1 4AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 499 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burges (228 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Cheaping | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ironmonger Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Columba'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Columba'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Columba'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ironmonger Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burges | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burges | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burges | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burges | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Burges | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burges | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ironmonger Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ironmonger Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burges | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges | Under investigation |
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