Postcode · Coventry
Crime in CV5 8GL
How much crime is recorded in CV5 8GL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Whoberley
- Council
- Coventry
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,446 (2024)
CV5 8GLCoventry
How safe is CV5 8GL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CV5 8GL area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
35
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).
CV5 8GLNational
Violence and sexual offences16.223.6
Burglary6.09.1
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Other theft3.04.5
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Public order2.54.6
Shoplifting2.28.4
Other crime1.31.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Anti-social behaviour0.610.7
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.