Total Crime Rate
80.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Myrtle Grove area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Earlsdon , and the 424th 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 Myrtle Grove (CV5 6EZ) in the last 12 months was 80.4 per 1,000 residents and was 25.0% higher than the Earlsdon average (64.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Myrtle Grove (CV5 6EZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hartington Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Earlsdon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Earlsdon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Earlsdon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Radcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fife Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Radcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Andrew'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Andrew'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hartington Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Road | Under investigation |
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