Total Crime Rate

106.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 106.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.9 10/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

Gayer 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.

Crime Over Time in Gayer Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bucksey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Proffitt Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bucksey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quilletts Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thomas Lane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bucksey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bucksey Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mannion Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henton Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Phillips Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lanchbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lombard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Proffitt Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order James Fullarton Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson James Fullarton Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Proffitt Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haddon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheam Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simon Stone Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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