Total Crime Rate
693.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
219.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arnold Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 26th highest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
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 Arnold Road (NG5 5HB) in the last 12 months was 693.9 per 1,000 residents and was 453.2% higher than the Bestwood average (125.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 219.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arnold Road (NG5 5HB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 40 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Tring Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millidge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Davies Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cairns Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Staplehurst Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Murray Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millidge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Millidge Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pavior Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millidge Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belconnen Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belconnen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kibworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gainsford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hucknall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Madden Close | — |
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