Total Crime Rate
211.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
133.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Buckfast Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Abbey , and the 15th highest crime rate of 370 local areas in Rushcliffe .
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 Buckfast Way (NG2 6LN) in the last 12 months was 211.6 per 1,000 residents and was 296.0% higher than the Abbey average (53.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 133.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckfast Way (NG2 6LN), the main crime hotspot is near Bolton Close. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gardens Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bolton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bolton Close | Under investigation |
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