Total Crime Rate

218.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 218.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.5 9/10
  • Other theft 33.6 10/10
  • Public order 26.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.0 8/10
  • Burglary 12.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Drugs 12.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 9.6 5/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Kelso Gardens area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Castle , and the 166th highest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .

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 Kelso Gardens (NG2 1QA) in the last 12 months was 218.2 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% lower than the Castle average (635.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -77.8% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Bicycle theft ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 95.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kelso Gardens (NG2 1QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Phoenix Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandstone Mews (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kelso Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saffron Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hope Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kelso Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Briar Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Robin Hood Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glaramara Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ferngill Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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