Total Crime Rate
18.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barkers Butts Lane area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 102 local areas in Bablake , and the 101st lowest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barkers Butts Lane (CV6 1EF) in the last 12 months was 18.3 per 1,000 residents and was 69.7% lower than the Bablake average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barkers Butts Lane (CV6 1EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near John Murphy Gardens, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Mill Walk (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Mill Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Coundon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bateman'S Acre South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Mill Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ro-Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | John Murphy Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | John Murphy Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bassett Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Mill Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Troughton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Allan Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Allan Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trensale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Troughton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shadowbrook Road | Under investigation |
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