Total Crime Rate

25.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 25.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Dovecote Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Eastwood Hilltop , and the 108th lowest crime rate of 366 local areas in Broxtowe .

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 Dovecote Road (NG16 3QL) in the last 12 months was 25.1 per 1,000 residents and was 72.0% lower than the Eastwood Hilltop average (89.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dovecote Road (NG16 3QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dovecote Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barber Street (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dovecote Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wroughton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Beauvale Rise Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dovecote Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dovecote Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dovecote Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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