Total Crime Rate

245.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 245.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 133.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.6 9/10
  • Drugs 12.9 9/10
  • Other crime 12.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.6 9/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Robbery 8.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Thomson Gardens area has the 4th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 137th 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 Thomson Gardens (NG5 9JH) in the last 12 months was 245.7 per 1,000 residents and was 101.9% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 159.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thomson Gardens (NG5 9JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lindisfarne Gardens, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rees Gardens (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thomson Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Shacklock Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weetman Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parklands Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winscale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Winscale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rees Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chevin Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weetman Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Rees Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitcombe Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lytham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lytham Gardens
Sep 2025Other crime Muirfield Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindisfarne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trevino Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Shacklock Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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