Total Crime Rate
240.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ethelfield Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Lower Stoke , and the 71st highest crime rate of 998 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 Ethelfield Road (CV2 4BW) in the last 12 months was 240.7 per 1,000 residents and was 176.0% higher than the Lower Stoke average (87.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 126.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ethelfield Road (CV2 4BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Osburg'S Road, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kings Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kings Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Druid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Osburg'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Ann'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bull'S Head Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bull'S Head Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull'S Head Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copperfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Osburg'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ann'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Saxon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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