Total Crime Rate
51.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Butlerwood Close area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse , and the 174th 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 Butlerwood Close (NG17 9GR) in the last 12 months was 51.9 per 1,000 residents and was 27.7% lower than the Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse average (71.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Butlerwood Close (NG17 9GR), the main crime hotspot is near Arthur Green Avenue. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Annesley & Kirkby Woodhouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Steeples | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Dene | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherwood Dene | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bird'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Main Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Green Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arthur Green Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arthur Green Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arthur Green Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thorneywood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorneywood Avenue | Under investigation |
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