Total Crime Rate
106.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Langwood Close area has the 24th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Westwood , and the 276th highest crime rate of 998 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 Langwood Close (CV4 8HE) in the last 12 months was 106.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.9% higher than the Westwood average (73.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Langwood Close (CV4 8HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hunt Terrace, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mitchell Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Rous Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Walsall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ryton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendiburgh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hemsby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Rous Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemsby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mitchell Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gerard Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gerard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunt Terrace | Offender given a caution |
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