Postcode · Coventry
Crime in CV5 8LF
How much crime is recorded in CV5 8LF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sherbourne
- Council
- Coventry
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,350 (2024)
CV5 8LFCoventry
How safe is CV5 8LF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CV5 8LF 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
22.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
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 8LFNational
Violence and sexual offences13.523.6
Vehicle crime5.63.5
Shoplifting5.28.4
Other theft4.94.5
Anti-social behaviour2.610.7
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Burglary2.39.1
Robbery2.21.4
Public order1.34.6
Other crime0.21.5
Drugs0.12.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 51% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.