Total Crime Rate
138.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dorset Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Radford , and the 200th 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 Dorset Road (CV1 4ED) in the last 12 months was 138.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.4% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 75.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorset Road (CV1 4ED), the main crime hotspot is near Somerset Road. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Radford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sidbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Electric Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Alverley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Romsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Aldbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Canal View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Daimler Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Daimler Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daimler Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Electric Wharf | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Electric Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellys Road | Under investigation |
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