Total Crime Rate
238.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
130.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elford Rise area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Castle , and the 149th 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 Elford Rise (NG3 2BN) in the last 12 months was 238.1 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 130.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elford Rise (NG3 2BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chedworth Close, where police recorded 54 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Dakeyne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardiff Street | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Denstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holroyd Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Lane | 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 | Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Windmill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westhorpe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Anstey Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rossington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rossington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ena Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bleasby Street | Under investigation |
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