St Mary's, Nuneaton and Bedworth: Safety
Safety
St Mary's has higher crime levels than the UK and West Midlands averages, but recorded crime has dropped meaningfully so far in 2026.
In 2024 and 2025, the neighbourhood averaged around 188 crimes per month — roughly 3 times the UK average for a comparable area. Anti-social behaviour and violent crime make up the largest share of recorded incidents, which you'd expect in a busy town centre neighbourhood.
So far in 2026, the monthly average has dropped to around 129 crimes. That's a real reduction, and you're seeing it across neighbouring areas too, suggesting a broader improvement across Nuneaton.
Vehicle crime and burglary figures are closer to regional norms, so that's worth knowing if you're thinking about home security.
Source: police-recorded crime for St Mary's ward (Warwickshire Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. St Mary's ward: Warwickshire Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
St Mary's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
251.9
Higher than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Higher than
West Midlands region average
96.8
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
St Nicolas
62.5
Higher than
Camp Hill
118.6
Higher than
Chilvers Coton
124.8
Higher than
Attleborough
133.7
Higher than
Stockingford East
141.1
Higher than
Weddington
74.5
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in St Mary's ward and the West Midlands region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences34%40%
- Anti-social behaviour25%11%
- Shoplifting11%9%
- Public order7%6%
- Criminal damage and arson5%7%
- Other theft4%6%
- Vehicle crime3%7%
- Burglary2%4%
- Drugs2%3%
- Other crime2%2%
- Theft from the person1%1%
- Robbery1%2%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Possession of weapons1%2%
