Total Crime Rate
159.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paton Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Basford , and the 271st highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Paton Road (NG5 1ND) in the last 12 months was 159.4 per 1,000 residents and was 41.1% higher than the Basford average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paton Road (NG5 1ND), the main crime hotspot is near Eardley Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Basford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkwood Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Leybourne Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hove Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gothic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gothic Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nursery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nursery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Raymede Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eardley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eardley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eardley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eardley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eardley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eardley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Raymede Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Kelfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunrise Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Teviot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teviot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoneycroft Road | Under investigation |
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