Postcode · Coventry
Crime in CV4 8AB
How much crime is recorded in CV4 8AB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Canley & Westwood Heath
- Council
- Coventry
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,442 (2024)
CV4 8ABCoventry
How safe is CV4 8AB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CV4 8AB area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
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).
CV4 8ABNational
Burglary21.49.1
Violence and sexual offences10.723.6
Bicycle theft5.01.0
Other theft3.84.5
Anti-social behaviour2.610.7
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Public order1.44.6
Shoplifting1.18.4
Other crime0.61.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Drugs0.32.4
Robbery0.31.4
Theft from the person0.02.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 28% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.