Total Crime Rate
300.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackwell 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mansel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gosport Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Welford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Northey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mansel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | May Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Foleshill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Foleshill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foleshill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foleshill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mansel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Webster Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | May Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Heera Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Culworth Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Culworth Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Boston Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Boston Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Drake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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