Total Crime Rate
118.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Melville Court area has the 27th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Mapperley , and the 386th highest 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 Melville Court (NG3 5DP) in the last 12 months was 118.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% higher than the Mapperley average (103.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melville Court (NG3 5DP), the main crime hotspot is near Mapperley Park Drive. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mapperley Park Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldswong Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldswong Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elm Bank Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Bank Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambria Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Ann'S Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Ann'S Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Ann'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Ann'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malcolm Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malcolm Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malcolm Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malcolm Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mapperley Park Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malcolm Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chestnut Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Vickers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Plowright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berkeley Avenue | — |
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