Total Crime Rate
568.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Nicholas Street area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Radford , and the 24th highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Nicholas Street (CV1 4BS) in the last 12 months was 568.6 per 1,000 residents and was 507.9% higher than the Radford average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 92 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 308.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Nicholas Street (CV1 4BS), the main crime hotspot is near Upper Well Street. Police recorded 210 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Radford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Nicholas Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chapel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Columba'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Columba'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Columba'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Columba'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Nicholas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Columba'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chapel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Columba'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leicester Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | St Columba'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Columba'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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