Total Crime Rate

110.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.0 7/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gainsford Crescent area has the 25th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 383rd highest crime rate of 939 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 Gainsford Crescent (NG5 5FJ) in the last 12 months was 110.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower than the Bestwood average (121.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (β‰ˆ 39.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gainsford Crescent (NG5 5FJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gainsford Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teviot Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Murray Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pavior Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Edmonstone Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Murray Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Murray Close β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellsworth Rise β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peary Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teviot Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teviot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Teviot Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chambers Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Peary Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peary Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hucknall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hucknall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Millidge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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