Total Crime Rate
60.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shellburne Close area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bulwell Forest , and the 288th lowest crime rate of 934 local areas in Nottingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shellburne Close (NG5 9LL) in the last 12 months was 60.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.4% lower than the Bulwell Forest average (103.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shellburne Close (NG5 9LL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langbank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Top Valley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langbank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blantyre Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Witney Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Verder Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Verder Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langbank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Burndale Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langbank Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardington Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Blantyre Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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