Total Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodward Street area has the lowest crime rate of 168 local areas in Castle , and the 3rd lowest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
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 Woodward Street (NG2 2LB) in the last 12 months was 3.5 per 1,000 residents and was 99.5% lower than the Castle average (644.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodward Street (NG2 2LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waldron Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mundella Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ryehill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lamcote Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamcote Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radcliffe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilford Crescent East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bathley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mundella Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ryton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Collygate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ryehill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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