Total Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairbank Crescent area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Mapperley , and the 80th 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 Fairbank Crescent (NG5 4DF) in the last 12 months was 23.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.3% lower than the Mapperley average (103.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -96.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairbank Crescent (NG5 4DF), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Applewood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spondon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyd Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pump Works Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pump Works Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spondon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spondon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spondon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spondon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mapperley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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