Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.9 9/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Winifred Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Cheylesmore , and the 240th 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 Winifred Avenue (CV5 6JS) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% higher than the Cheylesmore average (81.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 76.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Winifred Avenue (CV5 6JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Poppleton Close, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albany Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Winifred Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collingwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Upper York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper York Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Upper York Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Poppleton Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Albany Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mickleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Huntingdon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Mayfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mayfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berkeley Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Berkeley Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spencer Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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