Total Crime Rate
84.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Boniface Gardens area has the 7th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Bestwood St Albans , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 385 local areas in Gedling .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Boniface Gardens (NG5 9NZ) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.7% higher than the Bestwood St Albans average (81.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boniface Gardens (NG5 9NZ), 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.
View Crime In Bestwood St Albans| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinbane Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yates Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitcombe Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lytham Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Muirfield Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trevino Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindisfarne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yates Gardens | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmsdale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aidan Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadrian Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuillin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinbane Close | Under investigation |
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