Total Crime Rate
982.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beardsley Gardens area has the 11th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Castle , and the 17th highest crime rate of 939 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 Beardsley Gardens (NG2 1QD) in the last 12 months was 982.2 per 1,000 residents and was 54.6% higher than the Castle average (635.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 154 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 115.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beardsley Gardens (NG2 1QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tinkersway, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Royston Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kelso Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saffron Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Briar Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Robin Hood Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Anmer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Police Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaramara Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ferngill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Close | — |
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