Total Crime Rate
1042.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highbury Road area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Bulwell Forest , and the 15th highest crime rate of 939 local areas in Nottingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highbury Road (NG6 9BN) in the last 12 months was 1042.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1044.1% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 2200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( 20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 389.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highbury Road (NG6 9BN), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Northcote Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlisle Avenue | — |
| 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 | Highbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Highbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Northcote Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcote Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcote Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Northcote Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarges Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northcote Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Latimer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Northolme Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Latimer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Latimer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Latimer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Padley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caporn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deptford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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