Total Crime Rate

52.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 52.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.3 7/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.1 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Barley Lea area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 110 local areas in Binley and Willenhall , and the 389th lowest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Barley Lea (CV3 1EJ) in the last 12 months was 52.2 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% lower than the Binley and Willenhall average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 114.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 114.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Barley Lea (CV3 1EJ), the main crime hotspot is near The Moorfield. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Barley Lea area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jasmine Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Michell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boxhill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boxhill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Acorn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Bentree
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Bentree Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Bentree Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jasmine Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Michell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Coppice Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Michell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Luff Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Moorfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Moorfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Moorfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Moorfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Moorfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Moorfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Green Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Green Field Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Green Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Jasmine Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Boxhill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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