Total Crime Rate

150.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 150.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.0 8/10
  • Other theft 30.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shortridge Drive area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Foleshill , and the 174th highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shortridge Drive (CV6 5BF) in the last 12 months was 150.9 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% higher than the Foleshill average (142.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 61.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 244.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shortridge Drive (CV6 5BF), the main crime hotspot is near Gressingham Grove. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shortridge Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Owens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Pridmore Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Welford Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Childer Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Childer Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Childer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harold Rafferty Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gressingham Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Gressingham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gressingham Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Doffers Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Paul'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gressingham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gressingham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gressingham Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Chelmsford Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chelmsford Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harold Rafferty Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Owens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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