Total Crime Rate
51.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Central Avenue area has the 54th lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Hucknall Central , and the 172nd lowest crime rate of 430 local areas in Ashfield .
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 Central Avenue (NG15 7JJ) in the last 12 months was 51.1 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% lower than the Hucknall Central average (172.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 37.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Central Avenue (NG15 7JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 160 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hucknall Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Byron Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yorke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Byron Square | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatsworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curtis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curtis Street | Under investigation |
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