Total Crime Rate

197.8 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 197.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.2 10/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Bicycle 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
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

Owsthorpe Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 191st 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 Owsthorpe Close (NG5 9DU) in the last 12 months was 197.8 per 1,000 residents and was 62.6% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 144.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 89.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Owsthorpe Close (NG5 9DU), 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 Owsthorpe Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pedmore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ranskill Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weetman Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weetman Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chevin Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Rees Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winscale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rees Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Winscale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitcombe Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trevino Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ranskill Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Yates Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yates Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farmlands Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Farmlands Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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