Total Crime Rate

122.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · 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 122.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wendling Gardens area has the 21st highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 350th 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 Wendling Gardens (NG5 5TD) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.6% higher 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 53.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 197.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wendling Gardens (NG5 5TD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 243 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wendling Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amber Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chediston Vale —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairlight Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairlight Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Twycross Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goathland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmbridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chediston Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rose Ash Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goathland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ketton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rose Ash Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rose Ash Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Amber Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ketton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amber Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Amber Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wendling Gardens —
Sep 2025Other crime Wendling Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Robbie Burns Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazel Hill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hazel Hill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wendling Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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