Total Crime Rate
51.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tavistock Drive area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Mapperley , and the 246th lowest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tavistock Drive (NG3 5DU) in the last 12 months was 51.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% lower than the Mapperley average (103.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tavistock Drive (NG3 5DU), the main crime hotspot is near New Street. Police recorded 162 crimes here, including 61 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 | Mapperley Park Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Watcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carrington Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Watcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loscoe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Zulla Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zulla Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Zulla Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Zulla Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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