Postcode · Coventry
Crime in CV1 5HX
How much crime is recorded in CV1 5HX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hillfields
- Council
- Coventry
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,039 (2024)
CV1 5HXCoventry
How safe is CV1 5HX
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CV1 5HX area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CV1 5HXNational
Violence and sexual offences20.723.6
Burglary9.99.1
Other theft5.04.5
Possession of weapons3.20.9
Public order2.94.6
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Drugs2.52.4
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Anti-social behaviour0.710.7
Other crime0.41.5
Robbery0.01.4
Shoplifting0.08.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 60% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
80
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.