Total Crime Rate

94.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 5/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Nicholls Street area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in St Michael's , and the 357th highest crime rate of 1,014 local areas in Coventry .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nicholls Street (CV2 4GZ) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 60.6% lower than the St Michael's average (240.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nicholls Street (CV2 4GZ), the main crime hotspot is near Lansdowne Street. Police recorded 206 crimes here, including 191 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nicholls Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wren Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alfred Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hans Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfred Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hans Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hans Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfred Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alfred Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Swan Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunel Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Catherine Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Brunel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hans Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobb Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Newnham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobb Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cobb Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cobb Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trentham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cobb Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cobb Close
Sep 2025Public order Lowther Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wren Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Freehold Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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