Total Crime Rate

30.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 30.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Wordsworth Road area has the lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Daybrook , and the 147th lowest crime rate of 385 local areas in Gedling .

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 Wordsworth Road (NG5 6HJ) in the last 12 months was 30.9 per 1,000 residents and was 72.7% lower than the Daybrook average (113.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Road (NG5 6HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Browning Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Byron Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bailey Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coleridge Crescent —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbots Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oxclose Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkyn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruskin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Queen'S Bower Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sherbrook Terrace —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —

Data Sources

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