Total Crime Rate
55.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beckhampton Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 283rd lowest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beckhampton Road (NG5 5NG) in the last 12 months was 55.3 per 1,000 residents and was 54.6% lower than the Bestwood average (121.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 38.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 366.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beckhampton Road (NG5 5NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winterton Gardens (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bestwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rose Ash Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wendling Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Twycross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shoreswood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmbridge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chediston Vale | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Robbie Burns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chediston Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Ash Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wendling Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wendling Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlight Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rose Ash Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlight Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ketton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ketton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goathland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goathland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazel Hill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hazel Hill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pedmore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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