Postcode · Coventry
Crime in CV7 7FY
How much crime is recorded in CV7 7FY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Balsall Common
- Council
- Solihull
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,685 (2024)
CV7 7FYCoventry
How safe is CV7 7FY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CV7 7FY area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
49
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
CV7 7FYNational
Violence and sexual offences14.023.6
Shoplifting13.28.4
Burglary12.29.1
Public order4.74.6
Criminal damage and arson3.84.7
Other theft3.24.5
Anti-social behaviour2.910.7
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Other crime1.11.5
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Drugs0.42.4
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 25% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.