Total Crime Rate
191.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clay Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Upper Stoke , and the 113th 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 Clay Lane (CV2 4NQ) in the last 12 months was 191.5 per 1,000 residents and was 113.7% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 106.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clay Lane (CV2 4NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goring Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Headborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Quarrywood Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quarrywood Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Quarrywood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarrywood Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clay Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clay Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clay Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Barras Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goring Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barras Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Barras Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stoke Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | William Arnold Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | William Arnold Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Headborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clay Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goring Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hastings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goring Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richmond Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caludon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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