Total Crime Rate

87.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Benson Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bablake , and the 393rd 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 Benson Road (CV6 2FE) in the last 12 months was 87.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.6% higher than the Bablake average (60.6 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 Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Benson Road (CV6 2FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cottage Farm Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowness Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Benson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Locke Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taunton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wingfield Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dickens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Battalion Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Scotchill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowness Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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