Total Crime Rate
444.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Waterway Street West area has the 26th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Castle , and the 49th 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 Waterway Street West (NG2 3AD) in the last 12 months was 444.4 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 196.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 196.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waterway Street West (NG2 3AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carrington Street, where police recorded 206 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nottingham (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Summer Leys Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carrington Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carrington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carrington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carrington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carrington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carrington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carrington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carrington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carrington Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carrington Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carrington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carrington Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carrington Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Arkwright Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crocus Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carrington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carrington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eugene Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arkwright Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kirkby Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Orange Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eugene Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waterway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Canal Street | Under investigation |
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