Total Crime Rate

96.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Other theft 17.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Westwood Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Sherbourne , and the 307th 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 Westwood Road (CV5 6GD) in the last 12 months was 96.4 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% higher than the Sherbourne average (85.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westwood Road (CV5 6GD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albany Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Westwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Hawkins Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Albany Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Earlsdon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Earlsdon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawkins Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ludlow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Winifred Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Poplar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Berkeley Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Earlsdon Avenue North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Earlsdon Avenue North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Westwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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