Total Crime Rate
318.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
173.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lord Nelson 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 Lord Nelson Street (NG2 4AH) 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 Lord Nelson Street (NG2 4AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 177 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 Dales| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beckford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lyndhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mafeking Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hutton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hutton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hoten Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mafeking Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mafeking Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Baden Powell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Trent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Trent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holroyd Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Road | Under investigation |
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