Postcode district · Coventry
Crime in CV6
How much crime is recorded in CV6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Coventry
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 116,818 (2024)
CV6Postcode district · Coventry
How safe is CV6
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 36.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in CV6, 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
36.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
62
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).
CV6National
Violence and sexual offences25.323.6
Burglary11.89.1
Shoplifting6.78.4
Vehicle crime5.63.5
Criminal damage and arson5.54.7
Other theft4.34.5
Public order3.64.6
Anti-social behaviour3.210.7
Drugs1.72.4
Other crime1.41.5
Possession of weapons1.40.9
Robbery1.31.4
Theft from the person0.72.1
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 28% 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.