Crime in Coventry

Police.uk reported crime in Coventry, West Midlands. Category breakdown, 24-month trend, and postcode-district hot and cold spots within the town.

Incidents reported (12m)
28,624
-1.1% vs prior year
Window
Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
Police.uk reports ~2 months in arrears.
Refreshed
1 August 2026

Crime in Coventry by category

Last 12 months, all 14 Police.uk categories. Bars are scaled to the largest category in Coventry.

Category Incidents % of mix Volume
Violence and sexual offences 9,791 34.2%
Anti-social behaviour 3,149 11.0%
Vehicle crime 2,733 9.6%
Criminal damage and arson 2,487 8.7%
Other theft 2,180 7.6%
Public order 1,707 6.0%
Burglary 1,684 5.9%
Shoplifting 1,115 3.9%
Drugs 963 3.4%
Other crime 788 2.8%
Robbery 667 2.3%
Possession of weapons 632 2.2%
Bicycle theft 413 1.4%
Theft from the person 315 1.1%

Where Coventry's crime mix differs from the UK

Top 5 categories where Coventry's 12-month share differs most from the national average. Percentage-point delta. Positive means more concentrated in Coventry than the UK as a whole.

Category Coventry UK Delta
Anti-social behaviour 11.0% 16.3% -5.3 pp
Vehicle crime 9.6% 6.5% +3.1 pp
Violence and sexual offences 34.2% 31.7% +2.6 pp
Public order 6.0% 7.9% -1.9 pp
Burglary 5.9% 4.7% +1.2 pp

Monthly incident volume

Nov 2023 to Oct 2025. Police.uk publishes ~2 months in arrears.

2,840 1,420 0 Nov 2023 Oct 2024 Oct 2025
Monthly incident volume
MonthValue
2023-112578
2023-122456
2024-012518
2024-022456
2024-032624
2024-042840
2024-052786
2024-062743
2024-072710
2024-082588
2024-092546
2024-102687
2024-112524
2024-122245
2025-012233
2025-022263
2025-032381
2025-042385
2025-052466
2025-062572
2025-072512
2025-082423
2025-092340
2025-102280

Hottest postcode districts in Coventry

  • CV2 28,624 incidents (12m)
  • CV3 28,624 incidents (12m)
  • CV4 28,624 incidents (12m)
  • CV5 28,624 incidents (12m)
  • CV6 28,624 incidents (12m)

Quietest postcode districts in Coventry

  • CV1 28,402 incidents (12m)
  • CV2 28,624 incidents (12m)
  • CV3 28,624 incidents (12m)
  • CV4 28,624 incidents (12m)
  • CV5 28,624 incidents (12m)

Postcode-district counts use the bounding box of every address in the district, so they're approximate. Treat them as a relative ranking within Coventry rather than an absolute count.

What Coventry crime data isn't

  • Reported, not actual. Many crimes go unreported. The data reflects what reached Police.uk, not the underlying incidence rate.
  • Locations are obfuscated. Each incident is mapped to a snap point within roughly 250 metres of the true location to protect victim privacy.
  • Force-by-force inconsistency. Different police forces classify and record borderline incidents differently. Comparing two areas covered by different forces needs care.
  • Patrol-density bias. Areas with heavier patrol presence record more incidents, partly because more crime is observed and reported.

FAQ

All incidents come from Police.uk, the official open-data feed published by UK police forces. Data is updated monthly. The figures show what was reported and recorded, not necessarily what happened.
Police.uk obfuscates each incident location to a "snap point", typically the centre of the nearest street or a similar landmark within roughly 250 metres. This protects victim privacy. The category and month are accurate; the precise address is intentionally not.
Read them as one signal among many. Anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime are quality-of-life signals. Burglary trends matter for insurance and security. Raw counts reflect both the actual incident rate and how heavily an area is patrolled and reported, so busy commercial streets always look 'worse' than quiet residential ones.
Police.uk publishes about two months in arrears. So crime for January typically appears in March or April. The 12-month window on this page ends with the most recent month available.

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