Total Crime Rate

113.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.4 5/10
  • Shoplifting 17.8 6/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Spruce Gardens area has the 14th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Bulwell , and the 373rd highest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Spruce Gardens (NG6 7DJ) in the last 12 months was 113.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.2% lower than the Bulwell average (173.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spruce Gardens (NG6 7DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spindle Gardens, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stoney Houghton Gardens (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Spruce Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fir Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Spruce Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keys Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keys Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keys Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harwich Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harwich Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Milford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milford Close
Sep 2025Other theft Langdown Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stoney Houghton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harwich Close
Sep 2025Shoplifting Spruce Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Spruce Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alder Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spindle Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Spindle Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larch Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plane Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornbeam Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fir Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fir Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Spruce Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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