Total Crime Rate

141.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.1 9/10
  • Violent crimes 70.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Other crime 8.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cairns Close area has the 21st highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 313th 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 Cairns Close (NG5 5JD) in the last 12 months was 141.1 per 1,000 residents and was 12.5% higher than the Bestwood average (125.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cairns Close (NG5 5JD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cairns Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tring Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millidge Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Madden Close —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Davies Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cairns Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Staplehurst Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Murray Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millidge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Millidge Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ventnor Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Millidge Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belconnen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belconnen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heathfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kibworth Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Gainsford Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hucknall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pavior Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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