Crime Rate in Poplar, ward

Poplar has the 6th highest crime rate of 18 wards in Nuneaton and Bedworth district and the 1674th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 145th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Poplar in the last 12 months was 102.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% lower than the Nuneaton and Bedworth district average (109.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Poplar’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 253 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 305 (≈ 42.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Poplar ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Treviscoe Close, with 65 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Sinclair Drive (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.