Postcode · Kenilworth
Crime in CV8 1QL
How much crime is recorded in CV8 1QL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Balsall Common
- Council
- Solihull
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,845 (2024)
CV8 1QLKenilworth
How safe is CV8 1QL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 12.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CV8 1QL area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
12.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
18
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).
CV8 1QLNational
Burglary7.69.1
Violence and sexual offences6.723.6
Vehicle crime3.33.5
Other crime2.01.5
Other theft1.64.5
Anti-social behaviour0.810.7
Public order0.74.6
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Criminal damage and arson0.54.7
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 72% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.