Total Crime Rate

142.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 142.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.8 10/10
  • Drugs 19.1 10/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 11th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Radford , and the 192nd highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Nicholas Street (CV1 4LU) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 52.7% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Nicholas Street (CV1 4LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upper Well Street, where police recorded 210 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in St Nicholas Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Electric Wharf Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Electric Wharf Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Electric Wharf Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Well Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Well Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Columba'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Well Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Nicholas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Well Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs St Nicholas Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Columba'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Corporation Street 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 St Columba'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs St Nicholas Street Local resolution

Data Sources

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