Total Crime Rate

136.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

89.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 136.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 89.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.4 9/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Burglary 5.0 6/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kingsway area has the 19th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in St Michael's , and the 195th highest crime rate of 998 local areas in Coventry .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsway (CV2 4EX) in the last 12 months was 136.5 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% lower than the St Michael's average (241.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 89.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsway (CV2 4EX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 291 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hamilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hamilton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hamilton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hamilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Harley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Michael'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Villiers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Villiers Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Villiers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Other theft Hugh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chandos Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Kingsway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Argyll Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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