Total Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bestwood Road area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Hucknall Central , and the 171st highest crime rate of 430 local areas in Ashfield .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bestwood Road (NG15 7PR) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 51.7% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bestwood Road (NG15 7PR), the main crime hotspot is near Story Gardens. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hucknall South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cavendish Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchid Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Story Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Story Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Story Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Story Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Story Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Story Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchid Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchid Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchid Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orchid Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchid Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rufford Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clumber Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Covert Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jenny Burton Way | — |
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