Total Crime Rate
119.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whitworth Avenue area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Binley and Willenhall , and the 249th highest crime rate of 998 local areas in Coventry .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitworth Avenue (CV3 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 119.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% lower than the Binley and Willenhall average (130.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitworth Avenue (CV3 1EQ), the main crime hotspot is near The Boxhill. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Siddeley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinley Fields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Bentree | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinley Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Treforest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Green Field | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Siddeley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Boxhill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Boxhill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitworth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Acorn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawker Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Farmstead | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Barley Lea | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acorn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pinley Fields | Under investigation |
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