Total Crime Rate
187.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Ernehale , and the 20th highest crime rate of 388 local areas in Gedling .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park Avenue (NG5 4HS) in the last 12 months was 187.2 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% higher than the Ernehale average (125.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 104.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Avenue (NG5 4HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jubilee Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Woodthorpe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A6211 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A6211 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wadham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Dean Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Worcester Gardens | — |
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