Total Crime Rate

182.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 182.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Other crime 11.1 10/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Wardle Grove area has the 6th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Coppice , and the 21st highest crime rate of 385 local areas in Gedling .

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 Wardle Grove (NG5 7FE) in the last 12 months was 182.8 per 1,000 residents and was 298.1% higher than the Coppice average (45.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 94.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wardle Grove (NG5 7FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bentwell Avenue, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brook Gardens (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wardle Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Worrall Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rolleston Drive
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rolleston Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rolleston Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rolleston Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rolleston Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brook Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Gardens
Sep 2025Drugs Kirkley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentwell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolleston Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolleston Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Brookfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolleston Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolleston Drive Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolleston Drive Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rolleston Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Beechwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Beechwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Worrall Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Worrall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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