Total Crime Rate
106.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gayer Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 66 local areas in Foleshill , and the 308th highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gayer Street (CV6 7EW) in the last 12 months was 106.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% lower than the Foleshill average (142.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -84.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gayer Street (CV6 7EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Proffitt Avenue, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Church Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bucksey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Proffitt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucksey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quilletts Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thomas Lane Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucksey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bucksey Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mannion Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henton Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Phillips Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanchbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lombard Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Proffitt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | James Fullarton Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | James Fullarton Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Proffitt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haddon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheam Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Simon Stone Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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