Total Crime Rate
248.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Nicholas Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Radford , and the 65th 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 4BT) in the last 12 months was 248.5 per 1,000 residents and was 165.7% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 125.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Nicholas Street (CV1 4BT), the main crime hotspot is near St Columba'S Close. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 39 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Light Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Columba'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Light Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Columba'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Columba'S Close | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | St Columba'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Columba'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Columba'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Daimler Road | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St Columba'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Electric Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Electric Wharf | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Electric Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellys Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Daimler Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Light Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Light Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Light Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Daimler Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Nicholas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Nicholas Street | Local resolution |
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