Total Crime Rate
82.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gwendolyn Drive area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Binley and Willenhall , and the 394th 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 Gwendolyn Drive (CV3 1QU) in the last 12 months was 82.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gwendolyn Drive (CV3 1QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Omar Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near David Spencer Drive (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coventry| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gwendolyn Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Omar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Spencer Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lord Lytton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Pavilion | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Briars Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sylvia Bird Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Weir Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sylvia Bird Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Spencer Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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