Total Crime Rate

248.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 248.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.4 10/10
  • Other theft 27.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.5 8/10
  • Drugs 18.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.3 9/10
  • Burglary 12.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St 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.

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Crime Over Time in St Nicholas Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Light Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Columba'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Light Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St Columba'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Columba'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Columba'S Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Columba'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Columba'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Daimler Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Columba'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Columba'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Columba'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Electric Wharf Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Electric Wharf Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Electric Wharf Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Somerset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Somerset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ellys Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Daimler Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Light Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Light Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Light Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daimler Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Nicholas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Nicholas Street Local resolution

Data Sources

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