Total Crime Rate
178.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Home Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Daybrook , and the 24th 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 Home Close (NG5 8LP) in the last 12 months was 178.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.8% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Home Close (NG5 8LP), the main crime hotspot is near Bestwood Lodge Drive. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Daybrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bailey Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stinsford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleridge Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bestwood Lodge Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stinsford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bestwood Lodge Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanworth Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Browning Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Queen'S Bower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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