Total Crime Rate

186.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 186.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.9 10/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Charter Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Westwood , and the 123rd 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 Charter Avenue (CV4 8BZ) in the last 12 months was 186.0 per 1,000 residents and was 146.0% higher than the Westwood average (75.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 137.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charter Avenue (CV4 8BZ), the main crime hotspot is near Preston Close. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Westwood

Crime Over Time in Charter Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Preston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dilcock Way —
Sep 2025Other theft Dilcock Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marler Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Whitchurch Way Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 5 of 5

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑