Total Crime Rate
466.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
251.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dell Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Binley and Willenhall , and the 30th highest crime rate of 998 local areas in Coventry .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dell Close (CV3 3AA) in the last 12 months was 466.9 per 1,000 residents and was 257.8% higher 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 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 129 (≈ 251.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dell Close (CV3 3AA), the main crime hotspot is near Joe Obrien Close. Police recorded 201 crimes here, including 107 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 | Joe Obrien Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joe Obrien Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joe Obrien Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Seymour Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Joe Obrien Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sunbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sunbury Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Joe Obrien Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joe Obrien Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Joe Obrien Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Royal Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Joe Obrien Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Joe Obrien Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Joe Obrien Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Joe Obrien Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Joe Obrien Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Joe Obrien Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Joe Obrien Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Joe Obrien Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sedgemoor Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joe Obrien Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Simpson Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canon Hudson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Knightlow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joe Obrien Close | Under investigation |
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