Total Crime Rate
318.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
173.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Castle Street area has the 38th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Castle , and the 97th highest crime rate of 934 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 Castle Street (NG2 4AE) in the last 12 months was 318.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 173.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Castle Street (NG2 4AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marham Close, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Castle Street (30 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 | Notintone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cosby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cosby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivatt Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lees Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holroyd Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finsbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finsbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bleasby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westhorpe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belvoir Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Stephen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Belvoir Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belvoir Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westhorpe Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Stephen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill View Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sneinton Hollows | — |
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