Total Crime Rate
33.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harmston Rise area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Basford , and the 154th lowest crime rate of 939 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 Harmston Rise (NG5 1NQ) in the last 12 months was 33.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% lower than the Basford average (112.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harmston Rise (NG5 1NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heatherley Drive, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hucknall Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Basford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plaza Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunstall Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Billesdon Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hucknall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hucknall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tunstall Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Heatherley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ariel Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ariel Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Riber Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Riber Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heatherley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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