Total Crime Rate
7.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Devon Drive area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Mapperley , and the 19th 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 Devon Drive (NG5 2EN) in the last 12 months was 7.8 per 1,000 residents and was 92.4% lower than the Mapperley average (103.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
In the area around Devon Drive (NG5 2EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spondon Street, where police recorded 189 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mapperley Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watcombe Circus | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Tree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cannon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pennhome Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pennhome Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pennhome Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mapperley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drayton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loscoe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drayton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drayton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Osborne Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broxtowe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carrington Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Watcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spondon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spondon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spondon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spondon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spondon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Watcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waldeck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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