Total Crime Rate

179.2 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 179.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
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Crime overview

Empire Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Westwood , and the 130th highest crime rate of 1,014 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 Empire Road (CV4 9LX) in the last 12 months was 179.2 per 1,000 residents and was 137.0% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 101.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Empire Road (CV4 9LX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Empire Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorn Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wheate Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coleman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coleman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeliff Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jeliff Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wheate Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wheate Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loder Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falstaff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Boar Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepherd Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepherd Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gibbons Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gibbons Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bushbery Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Loder Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cavendish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunhill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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