Total Crime Rate
1938.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hounds Gate area has the 5th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Castle , and the 5th 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 Hounds Gate (NG1 7AA) in the last 12 months was 1938.9 per 1,000 residents and was 205.2% higher than the Castle average (635.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 319 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 6 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -2.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 239 (≈ 584.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hounds Gate (NG1 7AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 531 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near South Parade (186 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Collin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Collin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bridlesmith Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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