Total Crime Rate

233.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 233.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 37.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.2 7/10
  • Burglary 28.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.1 9/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Other theft 14.3 9/10
  • Drugs 11.4 9/10
  • Robbery 11.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Beresford Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Foleshill , and the 75th 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 Beresford Avenue (CV6 5HX) in the last 12 months was 233.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.7% higher than the Foleshill average (142.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -53.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 65.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beresford Avenue (CV6 5HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near May Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Beresford Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Canal Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copper Beech Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Fisher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Fisher Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fisher Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fisher Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fisher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canal Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King George'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King George'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Stampings Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Public order Canal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery May Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order May Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mason Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medina Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medina Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medina Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mason Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mansel Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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