Total Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cantrell Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Bulwell Forest , and the 115th lowest crime rate of 934 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 Cantrell Road (NG6 9HL) in the last 12 months was 29.6 per 1,000 residents and was 71.4% lower than the Bulwell Forest average (103.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cantrell Road (NG6 9HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colston Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clarges Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bulwell Forest| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Repton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Braemar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bancroft Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Repton Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northolme Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmont Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nelson Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nelson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nelson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bancroft Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henrietta Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Logan Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Logan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarges Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarges Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarges Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Lane | — |
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