Total Crime Rate
92.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mansfield Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Bestwood St Albans , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 388 local areas in Gedling .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mansfield Road (NG5 8NA) in the last 12 months was 92.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% higher than the Bestwood St Albans average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mansfield Road (NG5 8NA), the main crime hotspot is near Birch Lea. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Redhill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Circus | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanhope Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanhope Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodside Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanhope Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birch Lea | — |
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