Total Crime Rate
568.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Abbotts Lane area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Radford , and the 24th highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Abbotts Lane (CV1 4AZ) in the last 12 months was 568.6 per 1,000 residents and was 507.9% 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 92 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 308.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbotts Lane (CV1 4AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meriden Street, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chester Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Radford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watch Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chester Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Middleborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Meriden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coundon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coundon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Meriden Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meriden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meriden Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Holyhead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Holyhead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meriden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ringway Hill Cross | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Middleborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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