Total Crime Rate

1044.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1044.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 253.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 215.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 172.7 10/10
  • Public order 94.0 10/10
  • Other theft 75.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 53.0 10/10
  • Drugs 42.7 10/10
  • Robbery 35.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 23.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 18.8 10/10
  • Burglary 15.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.3 9/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shakespeare Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Castle , and the 12th 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 Shakespeare Street (NG1 4FQ) in the last 12 months was 1044.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.4% higher than the Castle average (635.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 148 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 162.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -42.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 213 (≈ 364.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shakespeare Street (NG1 4FQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Shakespeare Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/329)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Gill Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Peachey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Major Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Major Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Major Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peachey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peachey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Peachey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Peachey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Peachey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Peachey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peachey Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order North Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maypole Yard Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Maypole Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Maypole Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maypole Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maypole Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft North Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bluecoat Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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