Total Crime Rate
72.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hamilton Drive area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 168 local areas in Castle , and the 351st 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 Hamilton Drive (NG7 1DF) in the last 12 months was 72.9 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% lower than the Castle average (644.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hamilton Drive (NG7 1DF), the main crime hotspot is near Tinkersway. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nottingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Postern Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tinkersway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tinkersway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharf Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Valley | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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