Total Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Morello Avenue area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Carlton , and the 93rd lowest crime rate of 388 local areas in Gedling .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Morello Avenue (NG4 3BU) in the last 12 months was 20.8 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% lower than the Carlton average (65.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Morello Avenue (NG4 3BU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Carlton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Primrose Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Yvonne Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crow Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greenhill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Redland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kensington Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Elms | Under investigation |
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