Total Crime Rate
34.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mellowdew Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Lower Stoke , and the 238th 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 Mellowdew Road (CV2 5GH) in the last 12 months was 34.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mellowdew Road (CV2 5GH), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bronte Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wyken Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wykeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wykeley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyken Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wordsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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