Crime Rate in Castle, ward

Castle has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in Nottingham district and the 8th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East Midlands), it has the highest crime rate of 752 wards.

The overall crime rate in Castle in the last 12 months was 635.3 per 1,000 residents and was 324.8% higher than the Nottingham district average (149.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Castle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2,078 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 79 cases , up 9.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 44.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -11.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3,105 (≈ 213.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Castle ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near High Street, with 415 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around South Parade (147 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.