Total Crime Rate

108.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 108.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.0 9/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Lytham Gardens area has the 26th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 388th 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 Lytham Gardens (NG5 9JB) in the last 12 months was 108.8 per 1,000 residents and was 10.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lytham Gardens (NG5 9JB), the main crime hotspot is near Lindisfarne Gardens. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lytham Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pine Hill Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trevino Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farmlands Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindisfarne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Yates Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Muirfield Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lytham Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitcombe Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weetman Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weetman Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yates Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farmlands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Goyden Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadrian Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pine Hill Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helmsdale Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aidan Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Terton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Terton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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