Total Crime Rate
216.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Richmond Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Mapperley , and the 167th highest crime rate of 939 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 Richmond Avenue (NG3 3AT) in the last 12 months was 216.2 per 1,000 residents and was 120.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 113.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richmond Avenue (NG3 3AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sketchley Street, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blundell Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mapperley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Ann'S Valley | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botany Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ball Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashover Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Malbon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blundell Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blundell Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botany Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Westminster Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hendon Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendon Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woodlane Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sketchley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hudson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cromer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sketchley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lotus Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Moffat Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Ann'S Valley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ann'S Valley | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lotus Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cardinal Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Rushton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bullace Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lotus Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Moffat Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Ann'S Valley | — |
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