Total Crime Rate

92.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Ridgeway Walk area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 469th highest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ridgeway Walk (NG5 9DS) in the last 12 months was 92.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% lower than the Bestwood average (121.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 38.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 59.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridgeway Walk (NG5 9DS), the main crime hotspot is near Rees Gardens. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ridgeway Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chevin Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Rees Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitcombe Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rees Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Winscale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winscale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weetman Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weetman Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farmlands Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ranskill Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ranskill Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazel Hill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hazel Hill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pedmore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chilvers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Farmlands Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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