Crime in Coventry district: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (14,873), shoplifting (3,591) and criminal damage and arson (2,877) made up 59% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 107th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

Recorded crime in Coventry district peaked in the year to August 2023 (45,200 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2018 (32,489). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 11%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Coventry district recorded notably more possession of weapons (2.1 times the national rate), bicycle theft (70% above the national rate) and vehicle crime (49% above the national rate), and notably less anti-social behaviour (72% below) and theft from the person (45% below). On the year before, possession of weapons rose from 630 to 748, while anti-social behaviour fell from 3,597 to 1,566.

What each category covers: crime categories.

32,606 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Coventry district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 88.4 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was down 7% on the year ending March 2025 (35,170), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Coventry district had the 85th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Of the crimes recorded in the West Midlands Police area in the year ending March 2026, 1.2% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Coventry district is a slight undercount.

Offences recorded in Coventry district, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 6,110 offences (19% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for possession of weapons (1.8 times the national rate), bicycle theft (1.6 times the national rate) and vehicle offences (1.5 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.48 times), trafficking of drugs (0.69 times) and public order offences (0.72 times).

The largest rises on the year were in rape (+11%) and possession of weapons (+10%). The largest falls were in robbery of personal property (−23%) and vehicle offences (−22%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).

Recorded crime in Coventry district since the year ending March 2022

The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2022 to 2026. Coventry district's rate was above the England and Wales rate in every one of those 5 years. The series starts in the year ending March 2022 because the share of crimes in the West Midlands Police area not assigned to a district moved from 0.0% in the year ending March 2021 to 3.6% in the year ending March 2022, which changes district totals without any change in crime.

Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).

Districts in the West Midlands Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 7 districts in the West Midlands Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Coventry district had the 3rd lowest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

2 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Coventry district; the highest is Birmingham district (123.9 per 1,000) and the lowest Hinckley and Bosworth (66.4).

Of the 19 areas within Coventry district, St Michael's had the highest crime rate (223.8 per 1,000) and Wainbody the lowest (46.9), 5 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 22% of the crime recorded in Coventry district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Parking Area” (1,933).

Of the 34,379 crimes in Coventry district with a recorded outcome, 36% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 6.1% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 1,566 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Coventry district has an estimated population of 369,026 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has more students (15.2%, against 7.9%), a younger population (14%, against 19%) and more private renting (25%, against 20%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Coventry district average decile 4.3 (1 = most deprived), more deprived than average.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.