Total Crime Rate

122.5 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 122.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Watersmeet Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Upper Stoke , and the 247th highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watersmeet Road (CV2 3HX) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% higher than the Upper Stoke average (89.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 142.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watersmeet Road (CV2 3HX), the main crime hotspot is near North Street. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Watersmeet Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Skipton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carroll Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyken Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfall Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carpenter Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dennis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beckett Road
Sep 2025Other theft Alfred Herbert Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyken Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Little Field Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Common Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stubbs Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sewall Highway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sewall Highway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sewall Highway Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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