Total Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Handsworth Crescent area has the lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Westwood , and the 7th lowest crime rate of 1,016 local areas in Coventry .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Handsworth Crescent (CV5 7GD) in the last 12 months was 0 per 1,000 residents .
In the area around Handsworth Crescent (CV5 7GD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coleman Street, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bush Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Westwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Coleman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thomas Naul Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherd Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loder Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Loder Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coleman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Handsworth Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Howard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Olton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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