Os. Paderewskiego
Sure, Paderewskiego has the highest amount of car theft in Katowice city centre. I read that in GW 2 years ago. I'm not sure if it's the same.
I think the reason is that many people work in offices around that area and during the day thieves rob the cars.
However, other crime is pretty low there.
You're close to a shopping centre (3-stawy) it's pretty basic, but it's got a hypermarker and a few restaurants, some clothes shops, and the usual 40 different places to buy a mobile phone.
There's a park there of the same name and you're also close to the old airport, muchowiec. A lovely place to got for a walk/cycle. They have music festivals there during the summer.
You're in a decent part of town if you move there. however, the nightlife is boring as hell. There's very few pubs/restaurants that you'd be life to hang out in, but on the other hand you can walk into the city centre in about 20mintues I reckon.
If you have a car you'll be fine coz you can go to the shopping centre for most of your shopping. Otherwise, I think a recently opened supermarket, Biedronka, is located around there too.
There's another very small shopping centre close by too, but it's pretty crap. It's got a small supermarket and a couple of nakeries and, bizarrely, a DVD rental place. It must be one of the last ones still open in central Europe.