Total Crime Rate
182.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wardle 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.
View Crime In Coppice| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worrall Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rolleston Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Rolleston Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rolleston Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rolleston Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rolleston Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brook Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kirkley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolleston Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolleston Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brookfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolleston Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolleston Drive | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolleston Drive | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rolleston Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beechwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Beechwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Worrall Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Worrall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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