Total Crime Rate
87.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Windmill Lane area has the 56th lowest crime rate of 168 local areas in Castle , and the 424th lowest 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 Windmill Lane (NG3 2BJ) in the last 12 months was 87.5 per 1,000 residents and was 86.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 57.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Windmill Lane (NG3 2BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 81 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 | Drugs | Perlethorpe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sneinton Hollows | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Magson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill View Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westhorpe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westhorpe Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elford Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belvoir Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Worksop Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Cuthbert'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Windmill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Windmill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Windmill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Windmill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Finsbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holroyd Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsbury Avenue | Under investigation |
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