Total Crime Rate
222.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oldham Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Lower Stoke , and the 84th highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oldham Avenue (CV2 5EY) in the last 12 months was 222.7 per 1,000 residents and was 152.5% higher than the Lower Stoke average (88.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 145.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oldham Avenue (CV2 5EY), the main crime hotspot is near A4600. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lower Stoke| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Macaulay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caludon Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansty Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A4600 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | A4600 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Yule Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Arch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Edyth Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ansty Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Arch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belgrave Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ives Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cowley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ansty Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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