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 4FA) 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 4FA), 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 | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Stephen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Stephen'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lees Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lees Hill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lees Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lees Hill Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedgley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedgley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedgley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Christopher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hutton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hutton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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