Total Crime Rate
813.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
155.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Castle Meadow Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Castle , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Castle Meadow Road (NG2 1AG) in the last 12 months was 813.3 per 1,000 residents and was 26.3% higher than the Castle average (644.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 123 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 155.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Castle Meadow Road (NG2 1AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Place (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stanford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Friar Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharf Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Traffic Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Traffic Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Traffic Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spaniel Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterway Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spaniel Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spaniel Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spaniel Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spaniel Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spaniel Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spaniel Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spaniel Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spaniel Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spaniel Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waterway Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterway Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterway Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanford Street | — |
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