Crime in Nuneaton and Bedworth: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (5,145), anti-social behaviour (3,592) and shoplifting (1,296) made up 66% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 78th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

Recorded crime in Nuneaton and Bedworth peaked in the year to August 2018 (15,993 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2022 (13,864). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it fell 4%, in line with England and Wales.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Nuneaton and Bedworth recorded notably more anti-social behaviour (65% above the national rate) and possession of weapons (36% above the national rate), and notably less theft from the person (71% below) and drugs (40% below). On the year before, robbery rose from 158 to 206 and possession of weapons rose from 151 to 187.

What each category covers: crime categories.

11,517 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Nuneaton and Bedworth in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 81.4 per 1,000 residents, close to the England and Wales rate of 83.2. The total was almost unchanged on the year ending March 2025 (11,441), against a fall of 2% across England and Wales. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Nuneaton and Bedworth had the 108th highest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Offences recorded in Nuneaton and Bedworth, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 1,655 offences (14% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for violence with injury (1.3 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for theft from the person (0.30 times), possession of drugs (0.52 times) and trafficking of drugs (0.55 times).

The largest rises on the year were in non-residential burglary (+45%) and theft from the person (+42%). The largest falls were in trafficking of drugs (−28%) and bicycle theft (−21%). Robbery of business property and shoplifting are not compared with the year ending March 2025: from April 2025 the Home Office Counting Rules were clarified so that a theft from a shop in which violence is used or threatened against staff or anyone else is recorded as robbery of business property rather than shoplifting (ONS).

Recorded crime in Nuneaton and Bedworth since the year ending March 2013

The chart shows police recorded crime per 1,000 residents in each year ending March from 2013 to 2026. Nuneaton and Bedworth's rate was above the England and Wales rate in 6 of those 14 years and below it in 8. Changes in how forces record crime move these figures as well as changes in crime (methodology).

Districts in the Warwickshire Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 3 districts in the Warwickshire Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Nuneaton and Bedworth had the highest rate. Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick are not in the table because the Home Office publishes each of them jointly with a neighbouring district, as one community safety partnership.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

Nuneaton and Bedworth has a higher crime rate than all 8 of its nearest districts.

Of the 24 areas within Nuneaton and Bedworth, St Mary's had the highest crime rate (284.4 per 1,000) and Whitestone the lowest (39.8), 7 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 21% of the crime recorded in Nuneaton and Bedworth over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (747).

Of the 11,684 crimes in Nuneaton and Bedworth with a recorded outcome, 30% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 6.1% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 3,592 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Nuneaton and Bedworth has an estimated population of 141,565 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has fewer students (5.3%, against 7.9%), fewer residents with Level 4 qualifications or above (24%, against 34%) and more residents with no qualifications (23%, against 18%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Nuneaton and Bedworth average decile 4.7 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.