Total Crime Rate
559.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Meadow Lane area has the 19th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Castle , and the 32nd 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 Meadow Lane (NG2 3GX) in the last 12 months was 559.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 214.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 238.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadow Lane (NG2 3GX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marham Close, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Dale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lees Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cosby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Poulton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poulton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poulton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poulton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Poulton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thoresby Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thoresby Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sneinton Hollows | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lees Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lindum Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newark Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Marham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sneinton Hermitage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sneinton Hermitage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Newark Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newark Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Marham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Marham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Marham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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