Total Crime Rate
473.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Waterfront Plaza area has the 24th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Castle , and the 44th 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 Waterfront Plaza (NG2 3BJ) in the last 12 months was 473.4 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% lower than the Castle average (635.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 176.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waterfront Plaza (NG2 3BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 196 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Waterway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shortwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shortwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eugene Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eugene Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shortwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Summer Leys Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shortwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shortwood Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Street | — |
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