Total Crime Rate
37.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gosport Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Foleshill , and the 266th lowest crime rate of 998 local areas in Coventry .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gosport Road (CV6 5TE) in the last 12 months was 37.2 per 1,000 residents and was 72.9% lower than the Foleshill average (137.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gosport Road (CV6 5TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heera Close, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near May Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Foleshill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | May Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mansel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mansel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Horndean Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Heera Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heera Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heera Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heera Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Delhi Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | May Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | May Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boston Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Mary'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | May Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heera Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Foleshill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heera Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Heera Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heera Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Culworth Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heera Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heera Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Culworth Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boston Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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