Total Crime Rate
211.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eardley Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 178th highest crime rate of 934 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 Eardley Road (NG5 5GD) in the last 12 months was 211.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.4% higher than the Bestwood average (125.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eardley Road (NG5 5GD), the main crime hotspot is near Eardley Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bestwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Raymede Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eardley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorse Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rugby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | March Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Darnal Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eardley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marvyn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eardley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Kelfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kelfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eardley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eardley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eardley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Raymede Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkwood Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marvyn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Leybourne Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Raymede Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edwalton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edwalton Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Raymede Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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