Total Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Wells Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Mapperley , and the 431st highest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Wells Road (NG3 3AE) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher than the Mapperley average (97.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 71.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Wells Road (NG3 3AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brewsters Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stonepit Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mapperley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonepit Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Wells Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cudworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cudworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cudworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cudworth Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cudworth Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ockbrook Drive | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ockbrook Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Emmanuel Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Landmere Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Boynton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Boynton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Wells Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Wells Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mickleborough Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brewsters Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Warton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Warton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Wells Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kildare Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brodwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brodwell Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsthorpe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dooland Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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