Total Crime Rate

117.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 47.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.4 6/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Robbery 6.4 8/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

The Hill area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Kingsway , and the 105th highest crime rate of 428 local areas in Ashfield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Hill (NG17 8JS) in the last 12 months was 117.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% higher than the Kingsway average (68.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 140.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Hill (NG17 8JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Chapel Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowan Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Chapel Close —
Sep 2025Public order Rowan Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gladstone Terrace —
Sep 2025Other crime Rowan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenwood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawrence Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Chapel Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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