Postcode · Coventry
Crime in CV5 9DE
How much crime is recorded in CV5 9DE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Meriden, Hampton-in-Arden & Temple Balsall
- Council
- Solihull
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,707 (2024)
CV5 9DECoventry
How safe is CV5 9DE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CV5 9DE area, 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
24.1
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).
CV5 9DENational
Violence and sexual offences16.823.6
Burglary7.09.1
Vehicle crime4.03.5
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Other theft1.74.5
Public order1.74.6
Drugs1.42.4
Anti-social behaviour1.310.7
Other crime0.91.5
Robbery0.61.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Shoplifting0.48.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 22% 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.