Total Crime Rate
229.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cherry Orchard Mount area has the 5th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 149th highest crime rate of 939 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 Cherry Orchard Mount (NG5 5TQ) in the last 12 months was 229.8 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 141.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cherry Orchard Mount (NG5 5TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bembridge Drive (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bestwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longmead Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Twycross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longmead Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Amber Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amber Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Amber Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Amber Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bembridge Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmbridge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlight Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxengate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Oxengate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Oxengate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlight Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxengate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cherry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Close | Offender given a caution |
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