Total Crime Rate
106.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Violet Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Basford , and the 431st highest 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 Violet Close (NG6 0QJ) in the last 12 months was 106.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% lower than the Basford average (113.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Violet Close (NG6 0QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shirebrook Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Acton Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Basford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | B682 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirebrook Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B682 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B682 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ealing Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ealing Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arkers Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evans Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirebrook Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockhill Lane | Under investigation |
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