Total Crime Rate
116.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lord Nelson Street area has the 70th lowest crime rate of 168 local areas in Castle , and the 393rd highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lord Nelson Street (NG2 4AJ) in the last 12 months was 116.8 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 68.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lord Nelson Street (NG2 4AJ), 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 Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hutton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hutton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Christopher Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Christopher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Trent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hoten Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivatt Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beckford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Davidson Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
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