Crime Statistics for Canley, Coventry, Coventry, 2024

Crime statistics for Canley, Coventry

There were a total of 205 street level crime incidents in Canley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Canley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime45
Vehicle Crime34
Other Theft25
Burglary19
Shoplifting16
Bicycle Theft14
Criminal Damage Arson14
Anti Social Behaviour13
Public Order9
Other Crime8
Robbery3
Possession Of Weapons2
Drugs2
Theft From The Person1
All Crime205

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Canley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Canley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Canley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Canley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Spon End (1.75 miles)645
Chapel Fields (1.39 miles)331
Lower Eastern Green (1.39 miles)252
Cheylesmore (1.86 miles)212
Canley205
Tile Hill (1.39 miles)200
Earlsdon (0.62 miles)175
Stivichall (1.96 miles)89
Green Lane (1.75 miles)29
Gibbet Hill (1.86 miles)10

21.19%
of Westwood residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Canley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Canley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Spon End202
Chapel Fields100
Lower Eastern Green86
Tile Hill80
Cheylesmore74
Canley45
Earlsdon44
Stivichall23
Green Lane13
Gibbet Hill3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Canley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Canley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Canley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Canley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Canley is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Radford71
2St Michael's64
3Sherbourne54
4Bablake53
5Westwood43
6Whoberley42
7Earlsdon35
8Woodlands35
9Cheylesmore31
10Kenilworth Park Hill24
11Wainbody10

Which road in Canley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Canley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Blanchfort Close.

Last updated: February 2024
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