Total Crime Rate
51.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Common Way area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Upper Stoke , and the 410th lowest crime rate of 998 local areas in Coventry .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Common Way (CV2 3JA) in the last 12 months was 51.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% lower than the Upper Stoke average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Common Way (CV2 3JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Downderry Way, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gun Lane (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gun Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Salford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thackeray Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thackeray Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosehip Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skipton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edgar Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Downderry Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alliance Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uplands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carpenter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burroughs Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beckett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Skipton Gardens | Under investigation |
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