Total Crime Rate
94.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hillgrove Gardens area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 60 local areas in Bestwood , and the 455th lowest crime rate of 934 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 Hillgrove Gardens (NG5 9ND) in the last 12 months was 94.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.6% lower than the Bestwood average (125.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillgrove Gardens (NG5 9ND), the main crime hotspot is near Felen Close. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 25 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Weetman Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranskill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heatherington Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heatherington Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farmlands Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmlands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmlands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ranskill Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ranskill Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pine Hill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bradwell Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Hill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meriac Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meregill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Meregill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradwell Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmlands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harvest Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hathersage Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cottam Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cottam Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harvest Close | Under investigation |
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