Total Crime Rate
186.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Charter 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 8DA) 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 8DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glebe Close, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wansfell Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hummingbird Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hummingbird Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrose Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wansfell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hummingbird Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenfich Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glebe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Skylark Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hummingbird Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Penrose Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hummingbird Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Donegal Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glebe Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whitchurch Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glebe Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glebe Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrose Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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