Total Crime Rate

300.8 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 300.8 10/10
  • Other theft 60.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 60.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.6 9/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.3 9/10
  • Robbery 8.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.2 7/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 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

Blackwell Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Foleshill , and the 52nd 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 Blackwell Road (CV6 5JS) in the last 12 months was 300.8 per 1,000 residents and was 110.8% higher than the Foleshill average (142.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 85.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 97.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackwell Road (CV6 5JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heera Close, where police recorded 100 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Blackwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mansel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gosport Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Welford Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welford Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Northey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mansel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queen Mary'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery May Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Foleshill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Foleshill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foleshill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foleshill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackwell Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Mansel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webster Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webster Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order May Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heera Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Culworth Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Culworth Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boston Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boston Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boston Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Drake Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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