Total Crime Rate
115.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elm Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Cavendish , and the 50th highest crime rate of 385 local areas in Gedling .
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 Elm Drive (NG4 3AW) in the last 12 months was 115.4 per 1,000 residents and was 144.2% higher than the Cavendish average (47.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Drive (NG4 3AW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cavendish| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orlando Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Green Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kappler Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garnet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Meadow Cottages | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Green Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ouse Bridge Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ouse Bridge Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Doveridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Willow Road | Local resolution |
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