PropertyEngine Logo
Postcode sector · Coventry

Crime in CV2 1

How much crime is recorded in CV2 1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Coventry
Region
West Midlands
Population
28,925 (2024)
Crime

How safe is CV2 1

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in CV2 1, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
40.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
66
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

CV2 1National
Violence and sexual offences29.923.6
Burglary9.89.1
Criminal damage and arson7.34.7
Vehicle crime5.33.5
Anti-social behaviour4.410.7
Public order4.34.6
Other theft3.64.5
Shoplifting3.28.4
Possession of weapons1.80.9
Other crime1.61.5
Drugs1.62.4
Robbery1.11.4
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 29% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

Explore

Look up another area

Postcodes in this sector

Show all 304 postcodes