The overall crime rate in Coventry city is 130 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 15.6k crimes were violent crimes which is 37.2% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 140% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 57.4% over the last twelve months.The category of "vehicle crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Vehicle crime" rate is at 240% of national crime rate which puts Coventry on 1. position out of 99 England's and Wales' cities in this crime category. "Vehicle crime" makes up 11.1% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "vehicle crime" is 4.7k cases and has decreased by 17.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2023 - June 2024.
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Ranking (99 cities) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime | 37.2% | 43. highest | 140% | 15.6k | -9.4% |
Vehicle crime | 11.1% | 1. highest | 240% | 4.7k | -17.1% |
Antisocial behaviour crime | 8.5% | 22. lowest | 73% | 3.6k | 28.1% |
Shoplifting crime | 7.6% | 42. lowest | 131% | 3.2k | 57.4% |
Criminal damage and arson crime | 7.5% | 52. highest | 128% | 3.1k | -7.3% |
Other theft crime | 7.2% | 23. highest | 124% | 3.0k | -8.6% |
Burglary crime | 5.6% | 14. highest | 173% | 2.3k | -10.6% |
Public order crime | 5.5% | 22. lowest | 99% | 2.3k | -32.0% |
Drugs crime | 2.5% | 49. highest | 123% | 1.1k | -12.6% |
Robbery crime | 1.9% | 7. highest | 202% | 796 | -17.1% |
Other crime | 1.8% | 52. highest | 122% | 741 | -4.3% |
Possession of weapons crime | 1.6% | 7. highest | 231% | 682 | -13.0% |
Bicycle theft crime | 1.0% | 48. highest | 131% | 439 | -33.6% |
Theft from the person crime | 1.0% | 27. highest | 65% | 423 | -23.1% |
Crime statistic | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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This graph compares crime rate in Coventry city to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.
Crime statistic | Coventry city crime rate | England and Wales - national crime rate |
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Anti-social behaviour | 11.1 | 15.2 |
Bicycle theft | 1.4 | 1.0 |
Burglary | 7.2 | 4.2 |
Criminal damage and arson | 9.7 | 7.6 |
Drugs | 3.3 | 2.7 |
Other crime | 2.3 | 1.9 |
Other theft | 9.4 | 7.6 |
Possession of weapons | 2.1 | 0.9 |
Public order | 7.2 | 7.3 |
Robbery | 2.5 | 1.2 |
Shoplifting | 9.9 | 7.5 |
Theft from the person | 1.3 | 2.0 |
Vehicle crime | 14.4 | 6.0 |
Violent crime | 48.3 | 34.5 |