Total Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dryden Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Hyson Green & Arboretum , and the 251st lowest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dryden Street (NG1 4EY) in the last 12 months was 52.8 per 1,000 residents and was 72.3% lower than the Hyson Green & Arboretum average (190.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dryden Street (NG1 4EY), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 478 crimes here, including 226 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Matlock Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipstone Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alpha Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Alpha Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ossington Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ossington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Matlock Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Matlock Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clinton Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tudor Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dryden Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Addison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clipstone Avenue | Under investigation |
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