Total Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dovedale Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Holbrook , and the 73rd 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 Dovedale Avenue (CV6 7AN) in the last 12 months was 15.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.0% lower than the Holbrook average (65.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dovedale Avenue (CV6 7AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ellerman Gardens (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cordin View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Perrins Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flockton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Perrins Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parkstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Modular Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mannion Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ellerman Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ellerman Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Thomas' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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