Total Crime Rate
3428.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1263.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Parade area has the highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Castle , and the highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around South Parade (NG1 2LH) in the last 12 months was 3428.6 per 1,000 residents and was 432.3% higher than the Castle average (644.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 590 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 8 cases , down -27.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 46.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 902 (≈ 1263.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Parade (NG1 2LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 557 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Parade (182 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maypole Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maypole Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maypole Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Maypole Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | North Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Church Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | South Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maypole Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | South Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maypole Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maypole Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maypole Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maypole Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maypole Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maypole Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maypole Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maypole Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maypole Yard | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maypole Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maypole Yard | Local resolution |
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