Total Crime Rate

224.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 224.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 157.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.2 7/10
  • Other theft 18.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Public order 12.1 8/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Potters Hollow area has the 4th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Bulwell , and the 157th highest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .

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 Potters Hollow (NG6 8PB) in the last 12 months was 224.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% higher than the Bulwell average (173.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 169.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Potters Hollow (NG6 8PB), the main crime hotspot is near Northcote Way. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Potters Hollow area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potters Hollow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deptford Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Woodland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Woodland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Woodland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Northcote Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Potters Hollow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potters Hollow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Caporn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deptford Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northcote Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northcote Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Northcote Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Northcote Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northcote Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caporn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Caporn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deptford Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Christina Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leonard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Woodland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Woodland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leonard Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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