Total Crime Rate
540.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bluecoat Close area has the 20th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Castle , and the 34th highest crime rate of 939 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 Bluecoat Close (NG1 4DP) in the last 12 months was 540.1 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% lower than the Castle average (635.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 202.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bluecoat Close (NG1 4DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 686 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (187 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Major Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Milton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Milton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Milton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Major Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Major Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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