Total Crime Rate
58.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highbury Walk area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Bulwell Forest , and the 303rd lowest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highbury Walk (NG6 9AT) in the last 12 months was 58.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.6% lower than the Bulwell Forest average (91.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highbury Walk (NG6 9AT), 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.
View Crime In Bulwell Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caporn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northcote Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Northcote Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Northcote Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcote Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcote Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Northcote Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Caporn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarges Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarges Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarges Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarges Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Caporn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brook Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brook Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coventry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coventry Road | — |
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